On top of losing jobs, losing homes, and struggling to make ends meet in this economy – that our dear administration of the last eight years left us with – Americans are losing health care coverage at an unprecedented rate, whether employed or not.
The Center for American Progress released two reports with interactive maps that show the loss of health insurance per state that is occurring every day and the increase of uninsured Americans that has risen dramatically over the last two years:
Dramatic Increase in the Uninsured in Every State
It is astonishing and frustrating all at once to know that so many Americans are lacking health coverage, when the duty of the government is to ensure that all citizens are cared for -
“recent polls show six in 10 think the government should provide health insurance or take responsibility for providing health care to all Americans.” [CNN 3/5/09]
- especially when there are solutions out there to provide all Americans with quality, affordable health care.
The bickering over what and how big the role of government should be in the new health care system has got to end. Especially the debate over whether to include a public health insurance option. A public insurance pool is vital to ensuring coverage for all and would still leave Americans with the choice of keeping their private plans if they are happy with them.
The rhetoric and fear over big government will only stall progress on fixing our severely broken health care system. The failure of our current system is getting out of control- it’s time for health care for all NOW.