U.S. Healthcare doesn't measure up

[velvetpage]

This is an interesting article for those involved in this debate: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/ushealthgovernmentpolitics

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[gracevlikevrain.livejournal.com]

:P They didn't even mention that it's really frickin' expensive...it's really sad when someone (with insurance) wishes they didn't even bother with a treatment after the bill came!

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read somewhere that 50% of bankruptcies in the U.S. are related to a family illness - and 80% of those started out with insurance. That is, 80% of them were working, being responsible, trying to take care of their families and themselves, doing everything we tell people to do, and one major illness wiped out everything they had.