I was shocked to find out that the number of uninsured American's is steadily on the rise, now up to around 50.7 million. This is a number that has been steadily increasing since 2005. It was very interesting to find out that while private health insurers are losing business (about 1 million customers), the governmental health insurance plans have increased, up about four and a half million customers. I was also especially shocked to find out that it is in my age gap (from 18-24 years old) that have the largest percentage of uninsured Americans.
I was already well-aware that those who are uninsured are more likely to go to the hospital than a private practice, despite having a preventable condition. My mother works at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta and she has told me many times about the problems that the uninsured cause. Because emergency waiting rooms get so full, it is often difficult to distinguish which condition is more serious and this causes everyone to face wait time sometimes lasting for hours. The notes said that more than half of American's are concerned about the price of healthcare and I am assuming that at this time, the number is even greater.
Seeing as though children in poverty are almost twice as likely to be uninsured compared to other children, I think that poverty is NOT being handled that well (in an update to question 4.)
However, with Obama's new plan for healthcare being discussed, I do believe that positive change could happen. His plan is definitely something I would suggest to aid those facing poverty (update to question 6.)
I think its amazing the fact that some children are uninsured, I think thats when they need to be insured inorder to grow up healthy individuals! Good post :)
ReplyDeleteLet me just start by saying government health care sucks and even though I do not have private health care, I would never ever want public health care. I personally know someone who was in the military for a year and he has the worst health care ever because it was public and available to everyone in the military. That is how public health care works. Doctors are paid close to nothing so of course they arent going to do their best, ytou have to wait 4 months just to speak to your doctor, and in the end its not any cheaper than private health care. I strongly oppose Obama's health care plan because in the end Obama does not care about my health or anyone elses because he will always have private health care.
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