Health Insurers Prosper As COVID-19 Deflates Demand For Elective Treatments

(By Julie Appleby and Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News)

As doctors and consumers are forced to put most nonemergency procedures on hold, many health insurers foresee strong profits.

So why is the industry looking to Congress for help?

Insurers say that while that falloff in claims for non-COVID care is offsetting for now many insurers’ costs associated with the pandemic, the future is far more fraught.  Continue reading article here…

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