Editor: I am concerned that the country we live in has no form of universal health insurance. The United States is the only industrialized nation in the entire world with no form of health insurance for everyone.
There are many people in the U.S. that could greatly benefit from health insurance. Some 45 million Americans lack health insurance in any form. That doesn’t even include the many more that are underinsured. Many of the uninsured people are hard-working individuals; however, only 60 percent of employers offer a health care plan. Many of these individuals also come from working families. That leaves many industrious people with nowhere to go when they are sick. (more…)