Afraid of getting sick?
Many Americans cannot afford to get sick. And they are more and more afraid to contract an illness. Personal bankruptcies in large part are due to medical expenses. However what is shocking is that 76 percent of these individuals owned insurance at the time of getting sick. Apart from the 46 mn Americans without health insurance there are a large number of Americans who are underinsured.
Here is what happens to the unfortunate – they lose their jobs and with it their health insurance. Then they have to choose between using money on medicines or on food and housing. Soon you go bankrupt. Medicare for All is supported by most physicians and general citizens of America as well.
Mandate plans that need everybody to buy the same private for profit insurance is not the best option. The administrative costs of private companies are enormous. The reforms by themselves are not enough. For profit insurance is not as good as medicare in any way.
In the seven states in which mandate schemes have been tried, costs have not been controlled. Only in Massachusetts have costs been controlled.
Here is some data – the US spending on health care is twice as much per capita as other industrialized countries. The US does not have the best health care in the world. 18,000 Americans die each year due to lack of insurance. This is not a really good situation. Medicare for All may be the answer to these problems.
