How Do You Define Health Care For Your Family

One of the problems of an average wage earner in America is the health care costs. Some people are lucky to have employer-paid health insurance, but most people are not. If worse comes to worst, you bet you can expect your bills to reach hundred of thousands of dollars plus other prescription medication costs.

Despite government incentives in the form of tax breaks to promote affordable health insurance for small business employees in group plans, few employers have availed themselves of this option. It’s simply too expensive. Small business owners are already strapped and the tax breaks offered don’t measure up.

This leaves citizens in the lurch. If you are forced to pay your own insurance premiums, you may well find yourself in the position of choosing between eating and being insured. Frankly, there is no such thing as affordable health insurance. If you are unfortunate enough to suffer a costly medical emergency, you may have to go bankrupt in order to stay alive.

If your income falls at or below the poverty line, you may qualify for affordable health insurance. Most states have Federally funded programs which pay for medical treatment in the case of life threatening conditions. You then are allowed medical treatment on a level that sustains life, but are disallowed certain procedures afforded a person with full coverage. Premiums are determined on a sliding fee scale, depending on household income and the number of persons in your family. Such premiums do fit the description of affordable health insurance, but are lacking in the quality of care you receive.

In 2006, the Feds required State agencies to cut their health care insurance by a certain percentage. However, the States complied in an offhand manner such as the dental services were for emergencies only. At that time also, the adminstration ordered the VA to cut dental funding to Vietnam vets for the sake of Iraq war vets. That left the Vietnam vets no choice but to remove their own teeth with a pair of pliers.

With a new crop of candidates aspiring to the Presidency, affordable health insurance is a hot issue. This rich nation should address the issue of affordable health insurance with more than lip service. All of our citizens deserve decent health care without regard to income.

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