Health Insurance for All
12 10 2009
Health insurance is one of the most debated topics in the country today. The President and Congress continue to work on how to provide health insurance for all Americans, including the millions currently without health insurance, while not increasing the financial deficit of the country. Of the millions without insurance, many have been trying to find avoidable coverage. Under the current heath insurance structure, this is an almost impossible task, and many individuals and families are being forced to live without the coverage they desperately.
There are too many cases of individuals and families in America today that are being forced to live without the medicine they need to get healthy and/or remain healthy. In addition to all of those who cannot afford the medicines they need, there are numerous cases of people who cannot afford necessary surgeries. Americans should not have to choose between paying rent and buying food for their families, or paying for the medical treatments they need.
Some argue that their programs available, which assist the poor with obtaining financial support for this medical issues, however not all the the Americans struggling fit into the qualifying brackets that are set. The goal is to provide medical insurance to everyone, but this can only be done by offering plans everyone can afford, while providing necessary coverage for all the medical needs of an individual.
There has been a system put together, by the Florida health insurance plans, that provide health insurance for all individuals that have been uninsured, including those individuals who have recently found themselves unemployed. A plan was devised among the Govern of Florida and the six major health insurance companies and now 3 million people have successfully been removed from the on growing list of individuals without health insurance coverage. This is a large accomplishment for Florida, and it gives the rest of Americans hope, that our Federal Government will also be able to provide health insurance for all, and in the near future.
For far too long we have let the politicians bury critical legislation in the maze of bureaucracy that Washington D.C. is famous for. It is time that the American citizens let our elected officials know that this is no longer acceptable. Inform your elected representative in Congress that it is time that we provide affordable health care to all Americans. Not a cheap plan that really provides no coverage, but an affordable plan that will help people when they need it most. This is not a political issue, or an ideological issue, it is a moral obligation to help our fellow Americans who are dying because they cannot afford the medical coverage they need to live.
