It is my opinion that the truth of this study highlights a national disgrace for the USA. Don't get me wrong, I am a patriotic American, combat veteran who served in an all volunteer 82nd Airborne Division and a retired business man. But, in health care, the American private enterprise, profit driven model of health care serves only a privileged few. Millions of men, women and children are at risk needlessly. I believe that good health care is an important civil right. America can do better, we can create a better system and it is time to motivate our elected officials to try harder!

Thank you for allowing me to spout off!

Richard Troxel

dxd 2/03
Gleevec 3/03
PCRU 9/04
Zavie's Zero club #727

On 4/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


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Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising
NEW YORK (AP) -- The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in 2001 without coverage, a study released on Wednesday found. Moreover, more than half of the uninsured adults said they were having problems paying their medical bills or had incurred debt to cover their expenses, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based private, health care policy foundation. The study of 4,350 adults also found that people without insurance were more likely to forgo recommended health screenings such as mammograms than those with coverage, and were less likely to have a regular doctor than their insured counterparts.







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