Young and uninsured? Join the crowd
- added May 30, 2008
- 22 responses
-
-
-
- current89
- added this
-
-
- related topics
-
- News and Politics (38581)
- News (20821)
- Earth and Science (12452)
- Health (4012)
- Human Rights (1101)
- Health Care (460)
- Insurance (73)
- Health Insurance (60)
You may think you're the only one without health insurance, but 13.7 million Americans aged 19-29 lacked health insurance in 2006. As we all know health insurance companies love to deny or overprice coverage. It's an epidemic.
"The number of uninsured U.S. young adults, who already represent a major chunk of the American population without health coverage, rose again in 2006, according to a study released on Friday.
Men and women in this age group accounted for 17 percent of the under-65 U.S. population, but made up almost 30 percent of the uninsured, according to the report. At age 65, people enter the federal Medicare insurance program.
There has been a steady upward climb in the number of young adults without health insurance coverage," Sara Collins, an author of the report, said in a telephone interview".
Sources: ABC News, Reuters
"The number of uninsured U.S. young adults, who already represent a major chunk of the American population without health coverage, rose again in 2006, according to a study released on Friday.
Men and women in this age group accounted for 17 percent of the under-65 U.S. population, but made up almost 30 percent of the uninsured, according to the report. At age 65, people enter the federal Medicare insurance program.
There has been a steady upward climb in the number of young adults without health insurance coverage," Sara Collins, an author of the report, said in a telephone interview".
Sources: ABC News, Reuters
-
i'd guess that the # of uninsured is definitely higher.
-
I'm not sure if this makes me feel better or not for having to visit the hospital without insurance...
-
It's just going to get worse. Health insurance is being priced out of the range people and employers can afford. We have to take for profit insurance companies out of the mix. One third of every healthcare dollar goes to insurance companies. Why? We need to support HR 676 and get decent healthcare for everyone.
http://current.com/items/88989372_universal_health_care...-
-
-
-
- Marilynn_Murray
- 4 months ago
-
-
ya gotta be wealthy to be healthy. how long until the proletariat rises up to overthrow the greedy pigs that are hoarding all the money and resources? the violent day is looming...(i happen to be one of these statistics and I'm fucking tired of the slipping quality of life for the working class)
-
Marilynn Murray's been on the mark with this all along.
-
The Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez ticket is for a single-payer healthcare system. -
you really have to get to the root of this, is it that medical attention requires a ton of money or is it that the doctors are hoarding money?
Either way, does anyone have any solutions to our medical/insurance issues that doesn't involve a socialist government? I like our democracy, but I struggle to think that we have people who cannot afford to pay for bandages. Someone please tell me theres a solution out there... -
At some point the lower class and middle class who buy the political crap about how HMO's really work and that national health care is socialist propaganda are eventually going to wake up and stop voting against things that are designed to help them. But until that point, many people who cannot afford health insurance are going to vote against national healthcare and they will continually wonder why they keep getting screwed by the system.
-
boyte11, One-third of every healthcare dollar goes to pay insurance companies expenses and profit. Do you really think any of those people went to school for years learning how to treat sick people? No, of course they didn't. Sing your song about socialized medicine and go without. Then let's disband the Police department, fire department, Military, because maybe you don't understand they are socialized too. Get rid of the damned socialized public schools and libraries. First I think it would be best if we tore out our socialized infrastructure, roads are the biggest socialized mess around. You haven't a clue about the common good, and socialized anything. You haven't even researched universal healthcare. Doesn't stop you from spreading the insurance companies talking points.
-
-
-
-
- Marilynn_Murray
- 4 months ago
-
-
Yay for living in Massachusetts.
-
Solution? Stay healthy.
-
-
-
-
- Enjoy_Cannabis
- 4 months ago
-
-
Just because people can point their fingers at problems, doesn't mean they have the answer.
Equal rights by their nature cannot take away the rights of other people. Does a right to free speech deny or disparage anyone else's rights? Maybe if I was in a movie theater but no. Life? Liberty?Privacy?
If transportation was a right i would have to get the govt to take someones car or money to buy one.
If housing was a right i would need the govt to take someones house or money.
If healthcare was a right i would need the govt to force a doctor to treat me for free or take the money from someone else.
The money/service will have to be taken from somebody, which always and eventually means whoever is least represented in the govt.
How many of you in the lower or middle class feel well represented????
The 16th amendment (income tax) was passed with this exact rhetoric. "Lets get those RICH people!"
Anybody feel like the income tax "soaks" the rich??
This bill is no different. How many of you have read??
What did you think when you read 202,b,3,a???
211,c,1,b,c sound familiar???? -
-
Oh the American Dream...It's ironic that many of the countries most American's might consider developing, actually provide health care to all of its citizens and even non-citizens
-
-
-
-
-
- Marilynn_Murray
- 4 months ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Marilynn_Murray
- 4 months ago
-
-
The Universal Health Care Supported By Doctors
http://current.com/items/88888160_doctors_support_unive...-
-
-
-
- Marilynn_Murray
- 4 months ago
-
-
not exactly important but i love how the caduceus is always wrongly portrayed as the staff of Aesculapius when they are completely different but both used as a symbol of medicine
-
it's not the doctors getting rich -- it's the effing pharmaceutical companies! its so frustrating. big pharma overcharge and spend unbelievable amounts of money on less important research and advertising!
doctors in the US who work for state-run hospitals and teaching hospitals don't make a whole lot of money. the cost of licensing and insuring themselves (malpractice, etc) is HUGE. and at those types of health care centers, they end up eating the cost of treating uninsured patients since private hospitals can turn the uninsured away.
and yeah, the caduceus mixup is kinda amusing. -
and people wonder why bankruptcy is on the rise. unforeseen accidents (even minor ones) can throw many people into financial hell. not to mention medical costs are grossly inflated. i had a consultation with a dr. that lasted literally 5 minutes and had to pay $20. ridiculous.
-
-
-
-
- April_5210
- 4 months ago
-
Login/Registration is required to add a response.
