Although the federal and state governments spent more than $ billion to finance uncompensated care in 2004, the evidence nonetheless indicates that uninsured persons  1  Congressional Budget Office (2007). 2  Ibid. BIS Review 78/2008  1  receive less health care than those who are insured and that their health suffers as a consequence.
Per capita expenditures on health care for uninsured individuals are, on average, roughly half those for fully insured individuals.