Health care can careless about Health.

These passed couple of the days I've been hearing all sorts of criticism on President Obama's plan for Health care. Health is quite hard to manipulate because there are a lot of manipulators, such as greedy medical practitioners and corrupt insurance companies. Doctors prescribe useless medication and unnecessary visits to their patients just to gain more money. Hence, as the cost of health care rises, it seems like only those who get it for free or aided, such as low-income families and those who don't pay taxes, could afford it.

"Working families are experiencing double-digit increases in the costs of health insurance, more out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits and skyrocketing prices for prescriptions, forcing many to delay getting needed medical care or worse—to decline coverage for themselves or their families because of cost. Health care costs are rising at five times the rate of inflation."(2009 AFL-CIO "What's Wrong with America's Health Care ")

It seems like Middle class, working families, who do pay taxes, are the one's that are being mostly drained of health care benefits. Imagine a middle class family with five to six children who don't have health insurance because it's too expensive to afford?

"The U.S. system of providing health care coverage is employer-based."(2009 AFL-CIO "What's Wrong with America's Health Care ")

Another issue with health care is that employers do not give a fair share of coverage with their employees. This results in a pool of employees with families who don't have insurance or insurance that could barely cover all their needs. These days numerous people simply coerced to live without health insurance because of it's overpowering costs. In my opinion, the health of the people must be on top of the list of President Obama's agenda. People are consumers; consumers generate the economy; the economy controls the main function of the country.



http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/whatswrong/