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And, as more people lose their that hidden cost is onthe rise. The organization definees the hidden health tax as the undisclosed insurance premiu m surcharge paidby America’s businesses and insureed families when they purchase health That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensatex health care costs of the according to the organization, which is pushing for healthcarew reform. During 2007 and 2008, one-thirdr of non-elderly Americans 86.7 million people – went without health insurance for some period of according toFamilies USA.
"Today, 46 million uninsurer Americans turn to emergency rooms when they needmedical care, and the cost of that care is paid for by ever y American with insurance,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairmah of the Senate Finance in a news Families USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculatse the costs of unpaidhealth care. The reporrt found uninsured people are less likely to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likelgy to delay seeking care as long as When they do receive care, it is paid for in several More than one-third (37 of that care is paid by the uninsuref themselves out of their own Third-party sources, such as government programs and paid for an additional 26 percent of that care.
The remaining amount, about $42.7 billion in is considered uncompensated care. Those costsx are shifted onto the health care billzs ofinsured people, ultimately resulting in the hiddenh health tax through higherf premiums.