A report released by not-for-profit advocacy group Families USA states that subsidizing uncompensated health care for the uninsured cost insured American families an average of $1,017 each during 2008. According to the report, which was based on data from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey and other federal and private sources, 37 percent of care is paid for out-of-pocket by the uninsured, with third-party sources such as government programs and charities, paying for another 26 percent of care for the uninsured. The remaining costs were considered uncompensated and totaled $42.7 billion across the United States in 2008.
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June 01, 2009
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