Laura~Rosa Cebollero Hornedo (Edison) How much for your life?

                The United States does not have universal health care or a system of socialized medicine, although programs such as Medicare and Medicaid provide basic health insurance to elderly, disabled, and poorer residents. For most Americans, health insurance is provided as an employee benefit, while unemployed, part-time, and self-employed workers must pay for their own insurance.

A recent Harvard University study found that medical bills are a leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States. The study found that many declaring bankruptcy were part of the middle class and were employed before they became ill, but had lost their health insurance by the time they declared bankruptcy.

Now day people can’t afford to get sick.When in today’s society the majority of the people in the country are low or middle income based we can’t expect them to be able to add the cost of health to their already struggling for a half decent life, families like this that are not being able to afford a good quality health insurance, this causes two things, as mentioned before, this can drive a family to the point of bankruptcy or to not being able to take care of the health needs of their families. We see many cases in the news that tell us of stories of families that can’t afford the procedure to save the life of their kids or of insurance companies that don’t cover the procedure. The part that stands out the most are the facts that nothing is being done to this to resolve this issue. This issue of abandonment and complete inconsideration of today’s America, we are denying life based on affordability.

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