I do think there is a direct correlation between lack of healthcare and lower life expectancy. Healthcare in this country is downright expensive and unaffordable for a large percentage of our population. Considering our current economic conditions, paying the COBRA rates for health insurance is out of the question for many among the millions of unemployed.
While I agree that living a healthier lifestyle would be best, the reality is that health insurance should be geared toward preventive care, not priced to cover the cost of treating the seriously unhealthy and frivolous lawsuits - that are passed to you in your health insurance premiums.
Why do you suppose that politicians have campaigned on the health care issue to win election/re-election? What I find appalling is that so little comes of campaign pledges. But, that's politics.
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I do think there is a direct correlation between lack of healthcare and lower life expectancy. Healthcare in this country is downright expensive and unaffordable for a large percentage of our population. Considering our current economic conditions, paying the COBRA rates for health insurance is out of the question for many among the millions of unemployed.
While I agree that living a healthier lifestyle would be best, the reality is that health insurance should be geared toward preventive care, not priced to cover the cost of treating the seriously unhealthy and frivolous lawsuits - that are passed to you in your health insurance premiums.
Why do you suppose that politicians have campaigned on the health care issue to win election/re-election? What I find appalling is that so little comes of campaign pledges. But, that's politics.
March 5, 2009 - 6:31pmThis Comment
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