velvetpage: (turtleOMG)
velvetpage ([personal profile] velvetpage) wrote2007-05-15 07:07 pm

U.S. Healthcare doesn't measure up

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

[identity profile] velvetpage.livejournal.com 2007-05-16 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
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.