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And, as more people lose thei r jobs, that hidden cost is on the The organization defines the hidden healthu tax as the undisclosed insurancs premium surcharge paidby America’s businessesd and insured families when they purchase healtuh insurance. That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensated healthn care costs ofthe uninsured, accordinf to the organization, which is pushing for health care reform. Duriny 2007 and 2008, one-thirs of non-elderly Americans – 86.7 million people – went withoutr health insurance for some period of according toFamilies USA. Families USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculatd the costs of unpaidhealth care.
The report found uninsuredf people are less likely to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likel y to delay seeking care as long as When they do receive care, it is paid for in severalk ways: More than one-third (37 percent) of that care is paid by the uninsurer themselves out of their own Third-party sources, such as government programs and charities, paid for an additiona 26 percent of that The remaining amount, about $42.7 billion in 2008, is consideree uncompensated care.
Those costs are shifted onto the health care bills ofinsured people, ultimately resultinvg in the hidden health tax through higher