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DO WE REALLY NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM?
Whether you have insurance or not, here are the reasons for YES!
Health Insurance Premiums Jump in 2009
By John Fritze, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — An average family health insurance policy now costs more than some compact cars, and four in 10 companies will likely pass more of that expense on to workers, according to a closely watched survey of businesses released Tuesday.
The average cost of a family policy offered by employers was $13,375 this year, up 5% from 2008, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust survey found. By comparison, wages rose 3% over that period, the study said.
A startling statistic as quoted from Reuters. Click the image to see the article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis released on Thursday.
Additional reading on three young adults who died due to lack of coverage
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From healthcarereform.gov
Q: True or False: If current trends continue, by the year 2019 the number of uninsured people in the United States will be greater than the populations of Texas and California combined.
A: True, if trends continue it is estimated that 65.7 million people will be uninsured in 2019. The combination of Texas and California, the country’s two most populous states, is roughly 61.2 million. This daunting projection is why meaningful reform, that assures every family quality care, is needed now. For more information on dangerous trends in healthcare please see Health Reform: The Cost of Failure.
