As the number of employers offering health insurance declines and Medicaid enrollment increases, the people left without health insurance coverage tend to be members of families where the parent(s) have jobs without coverage.
A new study released by the University of California – Berkeley indicates that less than half of the state’s children will be covered by employer-sponsored plans within five years if premium costs continue to escalate at double digit rates. Of the rest, 14% would have no coverage at all, and the rest would be insured by tax-payer funded governmental programs.
What does this mean for you?
Higher taxes, larger deficits, and increased cost-shifting from providers to insured patients will accelerate the death spiral of the US health care system.
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