Will Universal Access to Care Reduce Health Care Costs

As a result, this cost-shifting causes “private insurance premiums [to be] 8.5 percent higher than they would otherwise be” (Menzel and Light, 2005, p.39). With costs rising, and the threat of even more individuals losing their health coverage, there must be a solution to this problem. One of the most common suggestions to address this serious problem is to adopt a universal health care ... ................
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