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And, as more people lose theirr jobs, that hidden cost is on the The organization defines the hidden health tax as the undisclosed insurance premium surcharge paidby America’s businessez and insured families when they purchase healtn insurance. That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensated healtnh care costs ofthe uninsured, according to the which is pushing for healthcare During 2007 and 2008, one-thirfd of non-elderly Americans 86.7 million people – went withouyt health insurance for some period of according to Families USA.
"Today, 46 million uninsured Americana turn to emergency rooms when they needmedicakl care, and the cost of that care is paid for by ever y American with insurance,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairmab of the Senate Finance Committee, in a news release. Familiews USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculate the costxs of unpaidhealth care. The report founfd uninsured people are less likely to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likelyg to delay seeking care as long as possible.
When they do receivse care, it is paid for in several ways: More than one-third (37 percent) of that care is paid by the uninsuref themselves out of theirown Third-party sources, such as government programs and paid for an additional 26 percent of that care. The remaininv amount, about $42.7 billion in 2008, is considered uncompensater care. Those costs are shifted onto the healtg care bills of insured ultimately resulting in the hidden health tax throughhigher