It is expected that more employers will attempt to pass on the current double digit hikes in insurance premiums to employees, thus increasing the numbers of working families that cannot afford insurance. In Massachusetts, the number of uninsured doubled between 1987 and 1997, and now hovers around 620,000. Many millions more Americans find that their limited health insurance does not cover expensive and necessary medical procedures, drugs, home care, or long term care. Most Americans believe that all people should have a right to needed health care. This has been shown time and again by conducted polls.
Most religious groups have long-standing positions advocating universal health care.
Many have eloquent statements supporting health care as a basic human need that must be met by civilized, moral, caring nations. And yet we have 44 million people with no access to health care. Public Health Issues Adults younger than 65 who lacked private health insurance were 35 percent more likely to die between 1986 and 1995 than similar adults who did have insurance, according to a recent study released by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Life expectancy rates in the United States are lower than in many other advanced countries. Click below to see how it can be less expensive.