The Real Problems in Healthcare....

Okay, so I wasn't really sure exactly what the problems were with healthcare in America, so I did a little research on the subject at hand. I've found that the biggest problem seems to lie in the rising cost of health insurance. To put it simply, people just can't afford it. According to America's Union Movement the costs of healthcare are rising at 5 times the rate of inflation. Employers aren’t helping matters because as the cost of healthcare rises they tend to shift the higher cost to their employees by making them pay higher co-pays and deductibles. Some employees can’t afford to pay this large amount of money so they just choose not to have healthcare coverage. What really gets me is that it’s bad enough that individuals can’t afford proper healthcare for themselves, but most of these people also have families to take care of. There are approximately 47 million people in America without healthcare coverage, and 8.7 million of these individuals are children. They can’t even afford to get their children treated in the event of illness or injury. Another sad fact about the healthcare crisis in America is the fact that the elderly, people of 65, can’t afford to get the medical attention they need or the prescription drugs they must have in order to live a longer, more comfortable life. What is wrong with America today? The fact that people who truly need help are unable to receive it is a disturbing one. In my opinion, we need to fix this problem before it goes any further and gets any worse because the way things are going it’s only going to get worse for everyone. It’s time that American’s face the reality that there may be a day that nobody will be able to afford healthcare. Do things really have to get that bad before people realize there’s a problem?