Political grandstanding to appease Tea Baggers
Sorry jerky.. Parts of Obamacare will be de-funded.
Get off your ass and go buy your own damned health insurance.
What makes you libs think you have the right to make we the producers pay for your healthcare?
I do no want anyone but ME to pay for MY health insurance.
Sick and tired of you ******* liberals every time you get an idea, it ends up coming out of my bank account.
You are always covered. You always find ways to exclude yourselves from any responsibility.
Sorry, but you're still paying for the uninsured via increases in premiums for your healthcare insurance.
Group Tallies Families' 'Hidden Health Tax'
PATRICK YOEST
WASHINGTON -- The average family with health insurance in 2008 paid a "hidden health tax" of $1,017 to cover the health-care costs of the uninsured, according to a report released Thursday by advocacy group Families USA.
The report by the group, which promotes universal health insurance, found that a total of $42.7 billion in care for those without insurance was passed on to health insurers. The insurers, in turn, passed on the costs through higher premiums, the report said.
The report comes as Congress debates proposals to provide health-insurance coverage to all Americans -- a key part of President Barack Obama's legislative agenda. The report uses data primarily from consulting firm Milliman Inc.
When those without insurance sought care, often in emergency rooms, government and charities picked up more than a quarter of the $116 billion tab last year, the report said. More than a third was paid for by those seeking the care, and the rest was passed on to health insurers and eventually to insured people through higher costs, it said.
"There is something clearly that affects the pocketbook as a result of the hidden health tax," said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. "I think the key to it is having a system that will make health more affordable."
Mr. Pollack appeared with Aetna Inc.'s chairman and chief executive, Ronald A. Williams, on Thursday at the National Press Club.
Mr. Williams, like many leaders in the health-insurance industry of late, has expressed support for expanding health coverage. He discussed such "cost-shifting" to health insurers as a major reason for covering more people
Group Tallies Families' 'Hidden Health Tax' - WSJ.com