Session 11

·         Who

            The highest number of uninsured population falls for people between the ages of 18-32. These people either choose not to be insured or can’t afford health insurance. The highest numbers of uninsured racially are Hispanics then Blacks then Asians and then Whites. The Hispanics and Blacks lead due to higher population of poverty. Also children in poverty have higher rate of being uninsured than non-poor children.

            The working class has the highest number of uninsured population following by the children population. The elderly have the lowest number of uninsured population.

·         Why

The main reason as stated in the chapter for no medical coverage is the high costs. The cost of healthcare is rising faster than the rate of inflation itself. Cost of healthcare has nearly doubled from 2001. Also the federally funded program Medicare is soon going to be depleted and will start depleting the Social Security fund which will be depleted by 2025. All of these are the reasons why a Health Care reform is necessary.

 ·         What you think is being done

            Healthcare reform is one of the most important agendas of the Obama administration. The current healthcare reform bill that passed earlier this year states that everyone will have health insurance (public or private). The way the publically funded insurance will be able to work is that those without private health insurance will be forced to buy the public insurance, no matter how healthy they are or even if they can’t afford it. If anyone that is not insured by 2014 will be fined monetarily. The government has promised to give tax rebates to the middle class for putting the lower classes’ burden on them. This bill is still being debated amongst the population and still could be repealed by Congress.

 ·         What you personally think should be done about healthcare

            I do not think Obama care is the answer to healthcare reform. This reform bill has too many flaws and is completely unfair to majority of the population, which is the middle class. This bill also goes against the foundation of this country, freedom. This bill will give more government control over the people and socialize the country. This bill might look good on paper and will work in the short run, but later on like communist regimes, fall on its knees and will be harder to close the can of worms.

I really do think that healthcare reform is necessary and there are probably other ways to do it. I personally do not have an answer yet as how to tackle this issue as it is really complicated and some amount of population will get the short stick in most scenarios.