Unemployment and an erosion in employer-provided benefits are some of the major reasons the amount of uninsured American rose to 49.9 million last year. That's 900,000 more than in 2009, according to Census data. Gone are the days that it was a given that your workplace handed you an insurance plan. In 2000, 64.1 percent of the population were covered by employer-provided insurance, but those ranks slipped to 55.3 percent last year.
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wow, wouldn't a national health care system be great?
ReplyDeleteTruly AFFORDABLE insurance would be great and would be a solution to the problem.
ReplyDeleteMany of us don't have health insurance, simply because the cost is out of reach.
People will buy new cars when they really don't need one or charge unneeded things on their credit cards but when it comes to health insurance they won't buy it.
ReplyDeleteI'm 47 and have been paying my Carefirst myself for approximately 20 yrs. I have great coverage for just under $200 a month.
Health insurance is affordable. People just need to have their priorities in order and some responsiblity about them.