America’s health insurance affordability crisis has reached an extraordinary point: Some of the very people working inside the healthcare system are reportedly deciding they can no longer afford coverage themselves.
Doctors, independent medical professionals, small-practice providers, and other healthcare workers are confronting the same relentless increases in premiums and medical expenses hitting families across the country.
For some, the calculation is becoming painfully simple. Paying thousands of dollars every year for insurance — often before accounting for deductibles, copays, and other out-of-pocket expenses — may no longer seem financially sustainable.
