Heatlh Care Crisis

America is a country of great oppotunities. We are able to obtain so many things that our country has to offer to almost everyone, in which other countries are not as fortunate. People have access to free organizations which offer things like free breakfast on weekends to children, and planned parent hood. Our country also has some of the best doctors and medicine in the world. However, we are starting to see negative things effect health care.

The United States is the only industrial country that does not have universal health care. Meaning that not everyone is offered health care, some cannot afford it or are simply not qualified for certain health care insurances. Research finds that lack of insurance is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranked the United States health care system 37th in the world for quality and 55th for fairness. Considering that we are one of the richest countries in the world why is this happening?(http://www.healthcareforall.org/healthcare_crisis.html)

This health care insurance crisis had mostly affected poor or nearly poor families but now is affecting others as well. Today the health care insurance crisis is becoming a problem in the middle class homes; where people earn from $25,000 to $49,999 and even some families who earn a little over $50,000 a year. Since health insurance usually is provided through your emplyment, the vast number of people who are not employed do not hav ehealth insurance. Health insurance is also becoming more unaffordable to many people and so they choose to not have insurance at all. (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E0D7163CF931A35753C1A9659C8B63)

I think that Congress seriously needs to focus on this "health care crisis" issue. People should not be dying because they don't have health insurance. If the Constitution says that we are all equal, then why don't we all have equal opportunity to health care insurance. Health insurance needs to be more affordable according to the persons salary and size of immediate family {children, husband/wife}.