Seven Truths About The Current US Health Care System
1.) The US ranks #37 in the world in overall health care despite spending more money on health care than any other nation in the world.
2.) The US ranks #50 in the world in life expectancy and this ranking has been slipping every year. Clearly we are doing something very wrong in this country.
3.) If you have a private health insurance plan and you get sick or badly injured (ie: you begin to cost them money) there's about a 50% chance that they will find some reason to drop your coverage. This has to be the scariest point to anyone who has health insurance right now. With the current system, without reform, there's a 50% chance that your health insurance won't be there for you when you need it most.
4.) The US bankruptcy rate is many times higher than that of the UK (and other nations with national health care) almost entirely due to outrageous health care costs for people with inadequate health insurance cover. Nearly one million Americans a year go bankrupt due to health care costs.
5.) There are about 50 million people in the US without any health care coverage and many more who are under insured. With so many people depending upon employer based health care coverage there's little security for the average American that they will have health care coverage when they need it most. In economic times like these, almost anyone can lose their job.
6.) If left unchanged the current health care system is on pace to bankrupt the US economy.
7.) There are many people who have an extremely difficult time obtaining any health care coverage due to a "pre-existing condition."
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2.) The US ranks #50 in the world in life expectancy and this ranking has been slipping every year. Clearly we are doing something very wrong in this country.
3.) If you have a private health insurance plan and you get sick or badly injured (ie: you begin to cost them money) there's about a 50% chance that they will find some reason to drop your coverage. This has to be the scariest point to anyone who has health insurance right now. With the current system, without reform, there's a 50% chance that your health insurance won't be there for you when you need it most.
4.) The US bankruptcy rate is many times higher than that of the UK (and other nations with national health care) almost entirely due to outrageous health care costs for people with inadequate health insurance cover. Nearly one million Americans a year go bankrupt due to health care costs.
5.) There are about 50 million people in the US without any health care coverage and many more who are under insured. With so many people depending upon employer based health care coverage there's little security for the average American that they will have health care coverage when they need it most. In economic times like these, almost anyone can lose their job.
6.) If left unchanged the current health care system is on pace to bankrupt the US economy.
7.) There are many people who have an extremely difficult time obtaining any health care coverage due to a "pre-existing condition."
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE REFORM.
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