Plenty of shame to go around as workers in America continue to lose health benefits because of skyrocketing premiums. In fact, my cousin is about to pay approximately 5 million dollars for some emergency surgery on skin cancer because his employer does not offer him health care. Like many Americans, lots of people in my family are forced to do without adequate health benefits. Too bad we can't all get fake Canadian ID cards. Hell, even the damn Australians all get health care. What's wrong with US?
Here's a stunner: since the year 2000, health insurance premiums for a family of four have shot up by 70%. From today's Los Angeles Times:
Oh, and don't forget that it's harder than ever to find a job in the US, much less a good job with benefits.
President Bush is expected to make a statement shortly on the situation: "We're making progress."
Here's a stunner: since the year 2000, health insurance premiums for a family of four have shot up by 70%. From today's Los Angeles Times:
Rising costs are forcing many businesses, especially smaller companies, to stop offering coverage and are causing some employees who can no longer afford insurance at work to buy it on their own — or go without.
"What we are seeing is an unraveling of the way we finance healthcare in the United States," said William Custer, director for the Center for Health Services Research at Georgia State University in Atlanta. "It is coming apart at the edges, and those edges are small business and low-wage workers. The levees are breaking."
Oh, and don't forget that it's harder than ever to find a job in the US, much less a good job with benefits.
President Bush is expected to make a statement shortly on the situation: "We're making progress."
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