The average U.S. family and their employers paid an extra $1,017 in health care premiums last year to compensate for the uninsured, according to a study to be released Thursday by an advocacy group for health care consumers.
Families USA, which supports expanded health care coverage, found that about 37% of health care costs for people without insurance or a total of $42.7 billion went unpaid last year. Here you will get best idea about claiming dependents on taxes must visit once. That cost eventually was shifted to the insured through higher premiums, according to the group.
“I don’t think anybody has any idea about how much they are paying because of the need to cover the health care costs of the uninsured,” said Ron Pollack, the group’s executive director. “This is a hidden tax on all insurance premiums, whether it is paid by business for their work or by families when they purchase their own coverage.” [Read more…] about Do health care insured people subsdize the uninsured?