Earlier I blogged about the health care system in Germany, which provides universal coverage to all citizens. In the US, the debate over health care reform is coming to a head, with the private insurers pouring $$millions in lobbying efforts to block any kind of reform. One of the most painful issues facing Americans is financial hardship should they or a family member ever experience a medical emergency. A recent study carried out by Harvard University estimates that medical bankruptcies affect about 2 million
Americans annually — counting debtors and their dependents, including
about 700,000 children. Over two thirds of these Americans had "health insurance", at least in the initial stages of the bankruptcy process.
Watch Senator Al Franken (Democrat- Minnesota) address the issue of medical bankruptcies in Germany and France in a US Senate hearing on health care reform measures:
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Franken knows all the tricks of those PR shills.
I know people in the health care racket, too, and there is a history of wanting to deny health care to people while blaming them for their illnesses. That woman with all the pancake makeup ought to be ashamed of herself.