"Uncompensated care" refers to medical or healthcare services that are provided to individuals who are unable to pay for them. It is care that healthcare providers give without receiving payment or reimbursement. Full definition
Cost Shift: In health care, cost shift refers to two related phenomena — doctors and hospitals charging patients with health insurance to pay for uncompensated care provided to those without coverage, and providers charging those with private coverage more to pay for below ‐ cost reimbursement by government programs. (nar.realtor)
Meanwhile, hospitals and other medical care providers had expressed concern that, without the requirement, they would be forced to bear the burden of millions of dollars in uncompensated care costs for crash victims who don't have health insurance. (freewayinsurance.com)
The new study was not part of that evaluation, but further work by other IHPI researchers will probe the impact of Medicaid expansion on uncompensated care costs absorbed by Michigan hospitals. (sciencedaily.com)