oh, millions. Every doctor's office even has someone who's sole job it is to bill the insurance company.
Healthcare is 18% of our GNP - not counting insurance people - so the number is HUGE.
Are You Kidding Me?
Number of people employed in the health insurance industry?
Approximately 300,000 people are employed in the health insurance industry (Fox News 10-22-09). Many are lower paid clerical and claims processors, though there are many high paid data processing employees. Most of these people would be needed to process claims even if a public option was in place. Medicare claims are processed by private companies lite BC/BS, Aetna, etc on government contracts. The government is presently capable of processing any medical claims.