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0 pointsmaxerickson9y ago0 comments

The cost of Medicaid and Medicare may show up in insurance premiums.

http://kff.org/report-section/uncompensated-care-for-the-uni...

There are other discussions of cost shifting that will make more aggressive claims; I've chosen to link Kaiser Family Foundation because I think they are pretty credible.

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rgbrenner9y ago

the amount potentially associated with uncompensated care cost shifting is only 2.3 percent of private health insurance costs in 2013.

maxericksonOP9y ago

Sure, it doesn't explain the high cost of care.

But the $21.1 billion out of $84.9 billion is a pretty big chunk of the unmet costs.

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