Uninsured people are less likely to receive medical care and more likely to have poor health status. This sentence from the passage provides the best evidence to support the claim that the lack of health insurance is a financial burden.
Health insurance is a type of insurance that covers medical expenses incurred as a result of an illness. These expenses may be related to hospitalization costs, drug costs or doctor consultation fees.
Financial burden is a term used to describe the problems a patient has in relation to the cost of medical care.
