why 40 million in US have no health insurance? what is government doing or has done so far 2 fix this problem?

Answer 1

what is the Bush government doing or has done to fix this problem, eh?

Nothing! Bush doesn't care and gives a crap. He only cares about iraq war.

His supporters will say, "its not government job to help citizen get health insurance, its the citizen's OWN job to get it".

And lnar who says -- get a job that provides one. Many jobs DO NOT PROVIDE health insurance.

And the ones that do, require a college degree and teenagers, youngsters, children etc etc don't get degree fast.

Answer 2

Of those 40 million, some have no health insurance because of their own choice. Why is it up to the government to fix this? Health insurance is not a right. In fact the only reason we have health insurance is because the govt froze wages during WW2. In order to recruit employees, many companies offered health insurance as a benefit.

I am so sick of people quoting large numbers such as 40 million. Why? Because that stat also includes ANYONE who has taken on a new job, but is not eligible for health benefits because they haven't worked long enough. It also includes any person who quit one job and went to work at another job, even if they were without insurance for just one day.

Answer 3

First off, 40 million is an exaggeration. It includes illegal aliens, rich people that don't need it, younger adults that don't want insurance and would rather have the extra cash, and it records people in between jobs or insurance companies. The poor that can't afford insurance can ALL get it through the state, medicaid.

Second, it's not the governments job to make sure everyone has health insurance. Unless of course you are a socialist.

Third, the government bureaucracy in the health care industry is what makes insurance and health care costs so expensive. All the mandates, medicaid and regulations drive costs up. Individuals aren't allowed tax breaks if they buy insurance themselves, only employers are allowed breaks. Health insurance isn't portable across state lines either, unlike any other insurance. It's the big government bureaucrats that are ruining our health care. We have vaccine shortages, because there are only a few companies left that make vaccines in the US. There were many more in the past, but the government started buying nearly all of the vaccines, and wouldn't pay full price. So companies stopped turning a profit, and stopped making vaccines. Thanks to the government. If legislation were changed and we allowed the free market to truly work. Costs would plummet.

Answer 4

We're so afraid that people from foreign countries are going to kill us that we've decided to spend the money there instead. Meanwhile people here are dying or going bankrupt because their health problems are not covered by the current system.

Because of partisan politics I'm not sure that we'll have a solution in the near future, but some Republicans have good ideas about increasing the use of health savings accounts, encouraging more preventative care, and allowing people to buy insurance plans from anywhere. Of the comprehensive plans I think Obama has the most viable idea of creating an optional government insurance policy and setting standards for the insurance and pharmaceutical companies in cost and quality. It certainly seems much more likely to pass than Hillary's plan.

Answer 5

There are millions of people, especially young healthy people, that would rather take the gamble that they will remain healthy and spend their money on other things. Others are in between insurance plans. There is no massive health insurance problem that the government needs to fix. There may be a problem on a small level but most of that can be solved with less government involvement, not more.

Answer 6

They have a hard time, like in other countries they all have health insurance because it's taken out of tax. But, Americans already have a lot of taxing going on and America was made just to get away from too much taxing. We have the illegal immigration problem, the war, the rising gas prices, we are in huge debt.

Too much money has gone to waste. What war are we fighting, terror. When we first deployed into the Middle East, we did so because we were expecting to find weapons of mass destruction. You know what, they didn't find any. So why are we there, I don't know. Now the Middle Easterner's think we are attacking their religion, they have every right to believe that. Plus they are being blinded by Osama Bin Laden's words, who tells them not to use any electronics and revert back to the old true Muslim ways. So none of them truly know whats happening.

It's all our fault, they didn't at first have any intention on having a nuclear weapons program. Now they believe that they need it. We can easily defend ourselves from an attack, all we need is the presidents word. But what if he doesn't say "Go". And no one takes any course of action.

Answer 7

The government has done nothing, which is exactly what the Republicans want.

Republicans do not think everyone should have access to health care. They think that the poor are only poor because of some fault of their own and thus they deserve to be poor. Likewise, they think the rich are superior and thus deserving of better health care.

Republicans don't believe in community, public property or the common good. They appeal to greed and selfishness, "Why should I pay for someone else?", without realizing that if they get sick, everyone else will be pitching in to help them.

Nobody should have to get wiped out financially because they get sick, but that is exactly the system Republicans advocate.

Answer 8

the walmart supporter says walmart provides bluecross. i work in retail and i know that health insurance IS NOT provided 1st day of work at retailers. You have to work for 1 whole year, before you get any health insurance. And within 1 year many of the employees have to quit because they move on elsewhere.

I work part time at a store, and the store says if you work 2000 hours you will get health insurance. 2000 hours is 1 year of being full time.

i have been there for 15 months --- no health insurance even though on paper they promise health insurance.

and guess what --- i will be there only 5 more months -- then i graduate.

so where was the health insurance EVER by this store?

walmart is same thing.

and regarding the answer of m. m says get yourself health insurance.

guess what m, --- there is PRE-EXISTING clause.

I applied on my own and was denied. reason for denial -- asthma.

Answer 9

I like Glen Becks idea. First, go out.... second, get health insurance. Hard, I know. If I need health insurance, I can pay for it myself. If I don't want it, I shouldn't have to pay for it. Universal health care means I pay out of my taxs. I don't go into a restaurant and help split the tab with some guy who had a steak while I only had soup.

Add: I have asthma, I have insurance.... (not to be rude)

Answer 10

I've already answered this question once today, but here goes again.

Your numbers are way too high.

Even the government's estimate of 47m is over the top. It was based upon a census question that asked, were you without coverage at any time during the past year?

If you said, yes, for a day, week, month, you are included in that 47m. 10.2 million of those were known non-citizens.

The Kaiser Foundation estimates that 19% of those remaining earn 3x the federal poverty level, so they COULD afford insurance but don't rank it on their list of priorities.

They also estimate that 25% of those still remaining could qualify for state sponsored health care coverage, but haven't signed up because they haven't needed it.

So, realistically, we've got 47m -10.2m non-citizens = 36.8m US citizens without medical insurance.

Take out those earning 3x the poverty level (minus 19% = roughly 7m) and that leaves us with approx. 30m uncovered US citizens.

Take out those who could get state coverage (25% of 30m = 7.5m) and we are left with approx. 22.5m US citizens without coverage that cannot afford it yet, make too much to qualify for state care.

Obviously, we need to tend to the needs of that 22.5m of our population, but changing the system that is presently giving expedient, quality care to roughly 279m US citizens is not the answer.

(US pop. total est. 301,139,947.)

For more info, see this link-

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Other/Po...

Plus, we've still got those citizens who were only in a temporary funk and now have insurance still included in that number....

EDIT: Scott, Hillary did not try to 'fix' healthcare in '94. Oh, sure, that's what she said in front of the cameras but when it came down to it, she went behind closed doors and laid down to everything the insurance companies asked for causing the biggest rise in medical costs to consumers of all time.

There is a reason that she leads the pack in campaign contributions made by the medical industry and it isn't that she is going to make all those rich doctors and all those HMO's and all those attorneys public servants.

Answer 11

Hillary Clinton tried to do something in 94 and was met with the same crap argument we hear today...
- of coarse there are problems, but the free market will sort it out
Well, that did not work, the Free Market has only made things worse, the problem is much worse now than it was in 94.
I was seriously injured in 1988 at the age of 34, hurt enough where I am officially rated totally disabled, it changed my life to where it has not been nearly as happy or productive as I thought it would, and I still spend a fair bit of time feeling melencolly and sorry for myself, but because I was lucky enough to injure myself while dong my job in the Navy, I have had my health care, (hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of healthcare!!!) taken care off, and I get about 2300 bucks a month to live on, it is not the life I planned but it has made my life worth living. I could have easily hurt myself in a civilian job, (and believe me even had I had insurance, it would not cover my bills) and I will tell you my life would have been miserable, as a lot of peoples are due to life long disabilities.
The neo-cons get this wrong all the time, I critisize them, but do not think for one moment people like me are not grateful beyound belief for taxpayers who make our lives better, the thing is the richest people in this country could have there taxes increased where everyone like me could be covered and their lifestyles would harrdly be affected at all. Geez... this is the GD United States of America!!!, no one should have a miserable life simply because they can not afford the medical care they need!!
Edit: wider scope- she really did not go behind closed doors and lay down to anybody, she simplly had no support for her plan and it died, I am very well aware of her getting huge contributions from insurance company, and it is why she is forth or fifth on my list in the democratic primarys, still if she is the nominee, she is far better than anything on the other side.