Health Care: Health Insurance in the US, a problem of 50,000,000 people.

Gazillions of preconditions will deny your health insurance application.
Do you think this is fair ?

FACTS:
There are nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance, compared with none in Canada.
The life expectancy in Canada is three years longer than in the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually reported that 54.5 million people were uninsured for at least part of the year. Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2006. Centers for Disease Control.
The amount of uninsured is rising every year, as premiums continue to skyrocket and wages stagnate. From 2004 to 2005 the number of uninsured rose 1.3 million, and rose up nearly 6 million from 2001-2005.
8,000 Americans will die this year simply because they're uninsured.

According to the Institute of Medicine, "lack of health insurance causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths every year in the United States. Although America leads the world in spending on health care, it is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not ensure that all citizens have coverage."
The United States is ranked #37 as a health system by the World Health Organization http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html.
In a study of older Americans and Brits, the Brits had less of almost every major disease. Even the poorest Brit can expect to live longer than the richest American.
A baby born in El Salvador has a better chance of surviving than a baby born in Detroit.
American officials claim that detainees at Guantanamo Bay receive excellent health care.
According to the United Nations Statistics Division, Population and Vital Statistics Report, the rate of infant deaths per thousand in Cuba is 6.2 per thousand, and in the United States is 6.8. "Table 3, Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year, June 15, 2007."

The members of a society need to be frightened, demoralized,low confidence ....... sounds familiar ?

What is your opinion ?

*From the movie Sicko, check it out it's very interesting.

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