Heath insurance has become a main topic of conversation in everyone’s lives, over the past few months. There are about 50 million people that are without medical insurance today, and the government, although wanting to provide insurance for all, can not agree on the terms of how this goal can be met. While they are arguing back and forth, these 50 million people remain uninsured and unable to obtain much need medical attention. Many of these individuals continue to apply for medical coverage, but when they receive their final cost, they are unable to afford it on the budgets that they have.
American families are going without the medications that they require to maintain their health, operations are being postponed, doctor visits are being missed and medical tests are being skipped. There individuals are just waiting for the day that they will be able to afford medical insurance, so they can once again take care of their own health, as well as the health of their families. Families on small budget are coming forward an letting us know that they have been in a situation where they needed to decide between food or medication, others are cutting their medication doses in half so that they last longer, and others are not taking their needed medication at all.
Although there are drug programs in place to help the poor, many people still do not qualify. The goal is to provide insurance for everyone, but we must do it properly and offer plans that everyone can afford, while still providing the coverage that is necessary. Cheap insurance sounds like a great solution until you find out what it does not make available to the insured.
Florida health insurance plans have devised a system that is providing family health insurance to all of those previously uninsured and to the recently unemployed. The Governor of Florida formed a plan with the six major insurers in the state and has successfully removed over 3 million people from the list of those without health insurance. This is quite an accomplishment and we can only hope that our federal government will be able to successfully provide health insurance to all and that they can do it in the very 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.
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