Monday, March 9, 2009

Health Coverage Lapses Affect All Of Us

By Ethan Kalvin

When we think of Americans who don't have health insurance, we first think of the unemployed. However, the unemployed are not the only ones without coverage. In today's world, having a full time job is no longer a guarantee of insurance benefits. Companies are struggling more and more, and one of the places they are cutting costs is through health care benefits for employees. This increase in the numbers of uninsured is creating a new class of society that is stuck in a catch-22 position. They make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to pay for private insurance.

For instance, a third of American business did not offer any type of health insurance coverage for their employees in 2007. The skyrocketing costs of doing business is wreaking havoc on sthe smaller companies as they strugle to stay afloat. And thus, we have a growing health care crisis in our country.

There is a lot of talk against a government run health care system. Many call it socialism, and claim that our forefathers never intended our country to be run this way. Truth is, that our forefathers likely had no clue that we would one day be controlled by a very greedy rich few who control our health care system. When honest citizens are dying because they can't get proper health care, then the system is broken. It is time that the citizens stand up and speak clearly to the politicians.

Throughout 2006 and 2007 approximately 1/3 of the population, or about 90 million people under the age of 65, spent a portion of that time without any health coverage at all. As one of the most successful and wealthy countries of the world, shouldn't we be providing our own citizens with the things they need for survival? It just seems that we should be doing a better job of prioritizing and supporting our people. Punishing these people under with the guise of remaining a democratic country just seems wrong.

Whatever you feel about how the health crisis should be solved, it must be acknowledged that there is a real problem which needs to be fixed. We need to come together and find a solution. If not, then our country will remain in trouble.

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