Immediate Implementation of Health Reform Would Reduce the Cost of Uncompensated Medical Care for The Uninsured by 61%

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Costs of uncompensated medical care for the uninsured would drop 61%—from $69.6 billion to $27.3 billion in 2010—if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) were already in effect and fully implemented. Federal, state, and local governments and health care provider organizations bear the cost of uncompensated care provided to uninsured individuals. Reducing the impact of uncompensated care by 61% would save these payers about $42.3 billion for 2010, which would offset most of a projected $53.1 billion increase (about 4.5 . . .