The Problem: Rising Healthcare Costs

Healthcare costs are on the rise, causing considerable angst for companies, individuals and families.

According to testimony by the Committee on Budget before the United States Senate (January 2008), healthcare spending tripled between 1965 and 1985, and then tripled again, reaching $1.9 trillion in 2005. In fact, healthcare spending has grown faster than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the past four decades to 15 percent in 2005, compared to 5 percent in 1965.

Here are a few other staggering statistics to illustrate the enormity of the problem. *

  • In 2007, healthcare spending in the U.S. reached $2.3 trillion and the National Coalition on Health Care projected this number would reach $4.2 trillion by 2016.
  • Healthcare spending is 4.3 times the amount spent on national defense.
  • 47 million Americans are uninsured, even though the United States spends more on healthcare than other industrialized nations, which all provide health insurance to every citizen.
  • Workers are now paying $1,400 more annually in premiums for family coverage than they did in 2000, and average employee contributions to company-provided health insurance has increased 143 percent since 2000. Average employee out-of-pocket costs rose 115 percent during this same period.
  • The annual premium an insurer charges an employer for a health plan covering a family of four averaged $12,000 in 2007, more than the gross earnings for a full-time, minimum-wage worker ($10,712)

The Solution: Introducing the Zedical Card

The Zedical Card, a healthcare gift card, provides consumer access to healthcare services at deeply discounted prices. This means that anyone can get the healthcare they need, even if they don’t have insurance.

our clients are the ones who really reap the greatest benefits!

For business owners and CEOs, the benefits of the Zedical Healthcare Card show up directly on the bottom line. Through pre-negotiated discounts, every dollar a company invests in health insurance for employees buys more healthcare services.

And, finally, healthcare providers welcome the Zedical Healthcare Card, because they are assured immediate payment for services, even when treating uninsured patients.

Finally, a solution that works for everyone!

We invite you to learn more about this exciting new concept: The Zedical Healthcare Card.

* The National Coalition on Health Care, http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml