A fairly current report about our nation's health insurance crisis has shed some light on some surprising facts. Apparently, one out of five Americans have no health insurance whatsoever. As the unemployment rate goes up, these numbers are expected to rise as well. This mountain of a problem is not being addresses as it should be.
The CDC has reported that the actual number of Americans without health coverage is 40 million. Of those people, 20% went without have a health procedure done because they couldn't afford it. This number is higher than it was previously, and with some states initiating health plans for children in lower and upper middle class families. you would htink the number would be going down.
The services that people skipped were medical care, prescription medicines, mental health care, dental care and / or eyeglasses, and all because they could not afford to pay to have the work done. Most said that had they had insurance they would have had these things taken care of.
It is important to keep in mind that many of the uninsured and underinsured in our country are children and the elderly, and they are probably the people who need these services the most. As a country we need to put an end to this suffering, because with as many advances as have been made in health care, there should not be anyone who is denied medical care even routine medical care.
Taking care of the people in our Nation needs to be a top priority. We need to stop looking the other way and sending money and food and supplies to foreign countries as if they are disadvantaged. As long as there are people in this country that are living without the basics of solid health care and their basic necessities like food being met, then we need to fix our own country first and then we can look to help others. Good Will starts at home. - 15275
The CDC has reported that the actual number of Americans without health coverage is 40 million. Of those people, 20% went without have a health procedure done because they couldn't afford it. This number is higher than it was previously, and with some states initiating health plans for children in lower and upper middle class families. you would htink the number would be going down.
The services that people skipped were medical care, prescription medicines, mental health care, dental care and / or eyeglasses, and all because they could not afford to pay to have the work done. Most said that had they had insurance they would have had these things taken care of.
It is important to keep in mind that many of the uninsured and underinsured in our country are children and the elderly, and they are probably the people who need these services the most. As a country we need to put an end to this suffering, because with as many advances as have been made in health care, there should not be anyone who is denied medical care even routine medical care.
Taking care of the people in our Nation needs to be a top priority. We need to stop looking the other way and sending money and food and supplies to foreign countries as if they are disadvantaged. As long as there are people in this country that are living without the basics of solid health care and their basic necessities like food being met, then we need to fix our own country first and then we can look to help others. Good Will starts at home. - 15275
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