Something needs to be done about the millions of Americans who fall through the cracks.
My sister is a nurse; her husband is a roofer (owns his own small business). The two of them are hard workers! But until she took a job at a hospital that was large enough, they were not able to afford health insurance for themselves or their children.
There are people all over the country like this: good workers, with jobs, who can't afford health insurance and therefore go without, using the emergency room when necessary. It's not a good situation. Wellness care is nearly non-existent, and by the time someone goes to the emergency room, a situation can be much more serious than it would have been earlier in their doctor's office.
Seems like the corporate health care system, while certainly flawed, could be allowed to continue for now while the nation shores up the situation for the self-employed, the part-time workers, those in small companies and rural areas, and the families and children who can't afford any insurance at all.
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Something needs to be done about the millions of Americans who fall through the cracks.
My sister is a nurse; her husband is a roofer (owns his own small business). The two of them are hard workers! But until she took a job at a hospital that was large enough, they were not able to afford health insurance for themselves or their children.
There are people all over the country like this: good workers, with jobs, who can't afford health insurance and therefore go without, using the emergency room when necessary. It's not a good situation. Wellness care is nearly non-existent, and by the time someone goes to the emergency room, a situation can be much more serious than it would have been earlier in their doctor's office.
Seems like the corporate health care system, while certainly flawed, could be allowed to continue for now while the nation shores up the situation for the self-employed, the part-time workers, those in small companies and rural areas, and the families and children who can't afford any insurance at all.
October 3, 2008 - 8:13amThis Comment
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