Two studies released Wednesday, show the increasing strain health care puts on working families in America, and the fact that many can not afford the burden of unpaid medical bills.
With so much talk about our failing economy and how we are going to fix it, perhaps we should look at the bigger picture before we pass out the box of Band-Aids.
How did America get in this bind in the first place?
Yes, we have more and more foreclosures every day, and in the end, banks are suffering, thus leading to a economical breakdown in our economy. But what is causing these foreclosures? Why are so many Americans unable to pay their mortages?
According to these studies, employees are paying an average of $3,354 in premiums for family coverage, more than double the amount they paid in 1999. And out of the 57 million Americans living in families struggling with medical bills, 43 million of those have insurance coverage.
If so many families are simply not making enough to cover their medical bills, even with insurance, then how can government act suprised when they are asked to lend a hand to our broken economy?
Before government jumps to spend $700 billion on bailing out the market I sincerely hope that they have a very, very good plan to make some serious changes to our health care system.
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