Abstract
About 46 million Americans under age sixty-five, including 9 million children, lack health insurance. They receive less preventive care when healthy and poorer care when sick than do the insured. Furthermore, the public ultimately shoulders much of the burden of paying for the medical treatment of the uninsured, either through higher taxes or higher health care costs.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Using Taxes to Reform Health Insurance |
| Subtitle of host publication | Pitfalls and Promises |
| Publisher | Brookings Institution Press |
| Pages | 36-56 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780815701255 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences