Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week I was only able to find two articles that were interesting and relevant enough to share, rather than three, but I hope these cover enough ground to still make them a worthwhile read. Our first story comes from the AFL-CIO News website, and is entitled, “Major Congressional Groups Back Public Health Insurance Option.”
In this story, they discuss how several major congressional groups, including the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), the Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and the Asian Pacific American Caucus. They wrote that, “Our support for enacting legislation this year to guarantee affordable health care for all firmly hinges on the inclusion of a robust public health insurance plan like Medicare.” They also brought up facts such as America is the only industrialized nation without universal health care, or that one in every three Hispanics are likely to be uninsured without a public, universal health plan.
They also cite that private, for-profit insurance companies “have dictated the quality, quantity and accessibility of healthcare to the American people.” They state that a public insurance plan will encourage competition between these companies, which would therefore bring in tremendous profits. These facts are all well and good, but will it accomplish anything? It’s hard to say at this point. There is quite a bit of opposition to universal health care in this country, and time and hard work will tell if we’re ready to accept it as a reality or not.
Our other article is entitled, “The Health Care Debate Is Heating Up” and comes to us from The Urban Coaster. This article looks at the common resistance to universal health care, how it’s seen as socialist and so on. However, the facts, such as our high spending on health care and millions of uninsured Americans, show that change is indeed needed. The article goes onto say that we already have a single-payer health insurance system in this country in Medicare, and that it covers everyone effectively.
This article also cites how many other industrialized countries already have a universal health care system, and the author feels that it’s time for America to have one too. It then goes onto state the battle going on between certain people in congress and insurance companies, as well as within congress itself. It seems as if progress is being made, however, but it’s obvious more needs to be done. The article suggests activism, as in contacting your local congressperson to give support for such a measure. It’s said if enough people show support, the tide in congress might turn.
In conclusion, there is a long and hard-fought ahead to determine the future of health care and health insurance in this country, especially if there’s to be any significant and lasting change. Hopefully in time we will see positive change in our health care and health insurance systems, but until then, we will have to wait and see what happens. Until next time, may you have a happy and healthy day.
The Debate over Health Care Reform and Public Health Insurance
Welcome to this installment of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup. This week I was only able to find two articles that were interesting and relevant enough to share, rather than three, but I hope these cover enough ground to still make them a worthwhile read. Our first story comes from the AFL-CIO News website, and is entitled, “Major Congressional Groups Back Public Health Insurance Option.”
In this story, they discuss how several major congressional groups, including the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), the Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and the Asian Pacific American Caucus. They wrote that, “Our support for enacting legislation this year to guarantee affordable health care for all firmly hinges on the inclusion of a robust public health insurance plan like Medicare.” They also brought up facts such as America is the only industrialized nation without universal health care, or that one in every three Hispanics are likely to be uninsured without a public, universal health plan.
They also cite that private, for-profit insurance companies “have dictated the quality, quantity and accessibility of healthcare to the American people.” They state that a public insurance plan will encourage competition between these companies, which would therefore bring in tremendous profits. These facts are all well and good, but will it accomplish anything? It’s hard to say at this point. There is quite a bit of opposition to universal health care in this country, and time and hard work will tell if we’re ready to accept it as a reality or not.
Our other article is entitled, “The Health Care Debate Is Heating Up” and comes to us from The Urban Coaster. This article looks at the common resistance to universal health care, how it’s seen as socialist and so on. However, the facts, such as our high spending on health care and millions of uninsured Americans, show that change is indeed needed. The article goes onto say that we already have a single-payer health insurance system in this country in Medicare, and that it covers everyone effectively.
This article also cites how many other industrialized countries already have a universal health care system, and the author feels that it’s time for America to have one too. It then goes onto state the battle going on between certain people in congress and insurance companies, as well as within congress itself. It seems as if progress is being made, however, but it’s obvious more needs to be done. The article suggests activism, as in contacting your local congressperson to give support for such a measure. It’s said if enough people show support, the tide in congress might turn.
In conclusion, there is a long and hard-fought ahead to determine the future of health care and health insurance in this country, especially if there’s to be any significant and lasting change. Hopefully in time we will see positive change in our health care and health insurance systems, but until then, we will have to wait and see what happens. Until next time, may you have a happy and healthy day.