Thursday, February 26, 2004

Average annual out-of-pocket health-care costs for low-income uninsured families (in 2001 dollars)?

$463.

Average annual cost under the Bush health-care proposal, which recommends that these families use tax credits to buy their own coverage?

$2,511.

Nice, huh?

For more information, see this Reuters story and this news release from the Center for Studying Health System Change, which conducted the study.

(Thanks to Skimble for the Reuters link.)

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