A recent news report on the state of America and the health insurance crisis in our nation brought out some very surprising health statistic numbers. The report said that currently one in five Americans is completely without insurance and this number is expected to rise as more and more people become unemployed and are unable to pay their health insurance premiums. This is a problem that is just getting worse and worse as the years pass, and it doesn't seem that it is being addressed, and I can assure you it is not being addressed effectively.
According to the CDC this one and five Americans actually totals out to be about 40 million Americans without health insurance coverage. And according to the CDC information about 20% of those Americans went without having a health procedure done or something health related being done because they could not afford it. And honestly, this is higher than it was in previous years, and many states have put in place health insurance plans for the children in lower middle class and upper lower class families, so if anything this number should be dropping.
Because people couldn't afford them, they went without medical care, prescription medicines, mental health care and dental and vision care. Many people said had they had insurance, they would have taken care of these items.
The majority of people who are not insured in this country are children and the elderly, which are also the ones who need it most. With so much advancement in the medical field, it is atrocious to think there are people out there without any medical care at all.
The first priority should be to take care of our people. We send supplies to so many other countries that are disadvantaged. We need to help our own nation before we are in a position to move to other nations. Home is where good will begins.