At the turn of the year an estimated 11.1 million people in the US are unemployed (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). That's more than the combined population of LA, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia!
With unemployment comes a loss of health care as well.
So, the US gov't comes to the rescue (supposedly) with their "Stimulus Plan".
The DesMoines Register does a good job in explaining how the gov't will help people who have lost their job obtain health care.
If we like it or not, it looks like the gov't (tax payers) is/are going to be flipping the bill for many families' health care coverage. Doesn't this smell like Universal health care already? It will be interesting to watch the progression of gov't funded health care as our unemployment rate continues to skyrocket.
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Health care (as with many of the issues we have discussed) seems like an overwhelming mess to me. If the unemployment continues to rise (which it surely will) than the shrinking population of the employed will be paying the increasing costs associated with the care of the unemployed. At what point will this end? Or do you think that we are for sure gonna see the implementation of federally regulated health care? And (in your opinion) what will that do to the quality of health care available? interesting post by the way!
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I am watching the news and seeing the American Backbone breaking. It appears that more and more people are having to rely on government to pay their bills. This is scary to me, because, on one hand, I like the security of government paid programs, but on the other hand, I think the government can become too powerful, dictating to the American public what they can and can't do. Just as with any large governing entity (government or church) they can overstep their boundaries and impose their values over the general public.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what all these trends will do to the overall quality of health care if it becomes universal and government led. It's hard to imagine our health care system getting any worse.