Comments | panthyr: Why Health Insurance Reform?

panthyr

Why Health Insurance Reform?

Oct 01, 2009 00:50

In fiscal year 2008 (9/07 to 9/08), 1,004,342 people filed for bankruptcy. That's one every 31 seconds on average - or one every 7.46 seconds of each business day. A Harvard study says that during the period 2001 to 2007, the percentage of bankruptcies attributed to medical bills rose from 46 percent to 62 percent. So, even if that percentage did ( Read more... )

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lori_holder October 1 2009, 11:15:56 UTC

That...plus the fact that our not having universal health covered provided by the state like all of the other industrialized nations do results in a major loss of a competitive edge for our businesses in the global markets. Which is why I am at a total loss to understand why Big Business isn't *actively* pushing for this.

I'm always surprised when people fail to act in their own best interests.

mouser October 1 2009, 19:09:19 UTC

BIG Business gets good rates for their companies. Sometimes they pass it along to their employees.

Smaller (don't know the threshold) businesses ... not so much.

lori_holder October 1 2009, 20:22:41 UTC

It's still not zero, which is what it would be if we had the same kind of health coverage as the Germans, the French, the Japanese, etc...

mouser October 1 2009, 21:06:35 UTC

I quite agree - our health system sucks the big wazoo.

thirtyminus October 1 2009, 12:56:15 UTC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5JOiG17dog

fairgoldberry October 1 2009, 13:26:14 UTC

But don't you know that if we refuse to coddle those lollygaggers, panthyr, they'll suddenly develop a sufficient cash reserve "personal responsibility" and be able to handle those bills themselves?

Because we ALL know that people living without insurance clearly choose to do so, and they choose to get sick, and they choose to need expensive treatment for their families.

I mean, duh.

Much love,
Rowan