Transcript Health Promotion Programs, Modifiable Health Risks, and

Lessening the Strain of Employee
Health Care Costs
Steven G. Aldana, Ph.D.
Brigham Young University
Actual National Health Care Costs (in billions)
$1,400
$1,200
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
$0
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
U.S. Health Care as a Percentage of the GDP
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
14.2% in August of 2001
1985
1990
1995
19
60
20
10
20
35
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60
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35
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60
21
85
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120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
D-Day
0%
Current Financing of U.S. Health Care
Business
21%
Nonpatient
3%
Govern
ment
49%
Household
27%
Who Pays?
WE DO!
A Few Facts About Health Care
• The cost health care will continue to rise
• All health care costs are paid by individuals
• Lower health care cost is a function of
shifting who pays a greater portion
Causes of High Health Care
Costs
• Follow the Money--Just Ask
Hillary
Portion of Health Care That is Related to Health Risk
Related
to
Health
Risks
25%
Not
related
to health
risks
75%
Health Care Expenditures
• $1.2 trillion spent in 1999
• 25% was preventable
• .25 X $1.2 trillion = $300 billion/year that
could potentially be avoided through life
style change