I must be one of the lucky ones. I get to keep a whole 55% of my earned income (not including state sales tax, gas tax or any other consumption tax.)
Considering that every other first world country on the planet with a tax rate approaching ours includes access to the the healthcare system, and most of them have equal or better life expectancies and infant mortality rates ... I consider Health Insurance Premiums and Doctor visits as a "tax" personally.
When they government unbundles charges to you that you have already paid for, it really is another tax, whether it is stated as one or not.
And if you do include that state sales tax (8.5% here) in your figures, you're getting precariously close to 60% of your total income.