Consumers delay healthcare, insurers profit (for now)

Among the purchases that were deferred or delayed in response to the recession:  Medical Procedures, according to a recent story from the New York Times (click to link).

Implications:  The idea of pent-up demand seems easy to grasp for things like furniture, automobiles, clothing or appliances.  But healthcare is not immune, either; a fact that has brought profit to insurance companies, at least until such time as patients decide to get caught-up on their overdue procedures.

Mike Anderson, for the Elm Street Economics consumer trends blog. A service of The Center for Sales Strategy, Inc.