Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Could Increase by More than 35 Percent in Every State by 2019
2009 September 30
A new report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and authored by the Urban Institute projects that failure to enact federal reform efforts will have substantial consequences. In every state, the number of uninsured will increase, employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage will continue to erode, spending on public programs will balloon, and out-of-pocket health care costs for individuals and families could increase by more than 35 percent over the next decade.
