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AbelMalcolm
Guest
Since Bush has been pResident, the percent and number of Americans with no health insurance has been
rising and rising. This is due mostly to the fact that most Americans get their health insurance
from their jobs, and the number of people losing their jobs just keeps going up, up, up. Currently,
it is estimated that about 44% of Americans have gone by with no health insurance for at least an
entire year. That is one-fifth of the population! And for the lucky few who do have health
insurance, the insurance companies just keep charging more and more, and they are giving us less and
less coverage for these ever rising prices.
Without some form of universal health coverage, our nation will just continue sliding downwards, and
continue to suffer from productivity losses and economic losses, which are caused by the poorer and
poorer health of our citizenry. Some of the other factors that are adversely affecting our nation's
productivity and adversely affecting our overall economy is the impaired child developments caused
by bad health, and the earlier deaths of those who are denied adequate health coverage, and the huge
financial stresses on the families who have to pay the astronomically rising health care costs.
Even for those who are insured and are perfectly capable of affording health care, they are also
being adversely affected by this blatant neglect of our nation's health care system. People who do
not have health insurance are unable to pay their hospital bills, this adds to the hospital's
operating deficit. The result is major cuts in services, such as specialized care that would
otherwise be provided to everyone, insured or uninsured alike. And in extreme cases, hospitals close
down altogether because of an overload of patients who do not pay their bills.
The fact of the matter is that those who do have health insurance can no longer afford to ignore the
problem of those who don't have health insurance. The increased numbers of Americans with no health
insurance leads to an increase in the wearing down of the medical system's ability to provide health
care services to ALL Americans, even those who do have insurance.
For those who think that universal health care coverage is too expensive, then they should think
about how expensive it is to keep things going the way they are right now. Let's face the truth,
each and every single one of us is just one pink slip away from being without health insurance
ourselves. Think about it.
Abel Malcolm
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Educate yourself & go to these links:
http://www.moveon.org & http://www.salon.com & http://www.buzzflash.com & http://www.democrats.org &
http://www.commondreams.org & http://www.bushwatch.com &
http://www.academycomputerservice.com/economics/charts.htm &
http://earth.prohosting.com/songofth/jobcreation.jpg
rising and rising. This is due mostly to the fact that most Americans get their health insurance
from their jobs, and the number of people losing their jobs just keeps going up, up, up. Currently,
it is estimated that about 44% of Americans have gone by with no health insurance for at least an
entire year. That is one-fifth of the population! And for the lucky few who do have health
insurance, the insurance companies just keep charging more and more, and they are giving us less and
less coverage for these ever rising prices.
Without some form of universal health coverage, our nation will just continue sliding downwards, and
continue to suffer from productivity losses and economic losses, which are caused by the poorer and
poorer health of our citizenry. Some of the other factors that are adversely affecting our nation's
productivity and adversely affecting our overall economy is the impaired child developments caused
by bad health, and the earlier deaths of those who are denied adequate health coverage, and the huge
financial stresses on the families who have to pay the astronomically rising health care costs.
Even for those who are insured and are perfectly capable of affording health care, they are also
being adversely affected by this blatant neglect of our nation's health care system. People who do
not have health insurance are unable to pay their hospital bills, this adds to the hospital's
operating deficit. The result is major cuts in services, such as specialized care that would
otherwise be provided to everyone, insured or uninsured alike. And in extreme cases, hospitals close
down altogether because of an overload of patients who do not pay their bills.
The fact of the matter is that those who do have health insurance can no longer afford to ignore the
problem of those who don't have health insurance. The increased numbers of Americans with no health
insurance leads to an increase in the wearing down of the medical system's ability to provide health
care services to ALL Americans, even those who do have insurance.
For those who think that universal health care coverage is too expensive, then they should think
about how expensive it is to keep things going the way they are right now. Let's face the truth,
each and every single one of us is just one pink slip away from being without health insurance
ourselves. Think about it.
Abel Malcolm
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Educate yourself & go to these links:
http://www.moveon.org & http://www.salon.com & http://www.buzzflash.com & http://www.democrats.org &
http://www.commondreams.org & http://www.bushwatch.com &
http://www.academycomputerservice.com/economics/charts.htm &
http://earth.prohosting.com/songofth/jobcreation.jpg