Americans already pay a 'gigantic' hidden health care tax ...

We're just paying it to private insurance companies rather than the federal government.

The $33 billion hidden tax in the American Health Care Act—higher ...

To listen to prominent Republicans asserting the need to tear up the Affordable Care Act (ACA), you would think that health plans under the ...

The True Cost of Healthcare: A Hidden Tax on the American Middle ...

By Scott Leggett. Americans' healthcare costs, as calculated by the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS), have grown consistently at the rate of about 4 ...

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Hidden Health Tax: Americans Pay a Premium - Families USA

To make up for these uncompensated care costs, doctors and hospitals charge insurers more for the services provided to patients who do have ...

Make no mistake: Medicare for All would cut taxes for most Americans

The income tax has a rate that rises with income. Payroll taxes are proportional to income, at least up to a limit. Insurance premiums, by ...

A Hidden Tax in Obamacare | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

But one of Obamacare's hidden taxes — a new limit on contributions to health flexible spending accounts, or FSAs — will hit older and ...

President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Health Care ...

Actions are the latest in a series of steps the Biden Administration has taken to eliminate hidden junk fees and lower prescription drug ...

Medicare for All: Higher Taxes, Fewer Choices, Longer Lines

A single-payer health care system would eliminate all private insurance and place all medical care in the hands of the federal government.

Americans' Challenges with Health Care Costs - KFF

KFF polling has found that the high cost of health care is a burden on US families, and that health care costs factor into decisions about insurance coverage ...

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.

The Hidden Subsidy That Helps Pay for Health Insurance

It is bigger than any offered under the Affordable Care Act — subsidies some Republicans loathe as handouts — and costs the federal government ...

Spending on Health Care for Uninsured Americans - NCBI

Uninsured families pay for a higher proportion of their total health care costs out of pocket than do insured families, however, and are more likely to have ...

Only in America: There's a hidden tax in your healthcare - Sesame

Millions of Americans have health insurance that looks quite a bit like what David describes -- for the 32+ million Americans in high deductible ...

Unsustainable For Patients, Employers, And Taxpayers - YouTube

The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee (established 1795) in the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Here's how much medical debt there is in the U.S. : Shots - NPR

The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.

Federal Solutions To Address Rising Costs of Employer-Sponsored ...

Federal policymakers should act to lower health insurance costs and improve affordability for both employers and workers.

Paying for It: How Health Care Costs and Medical Debt Are Making ...

Our recent study shows that many Americans have inadequate health insurance coverage that's led to delayed or forgone care, significant medical debt, and ...

Capitalisn't: Visa's Hidden Tax on Americans | Chicago Booth Review

The United States Department of Justice is currently suing Visa Inc. for monopolizing debit network markets. On one level, the case is ...

Healthcare USA: The big paycheck squeeze - WTW

A key factor behind wage stagnation is the rising costs of healthcare, which have been depleting employees' take-home pay for decades.