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Uninsured Americans

Today uninsured Americans make up approximately 4.2 million people. Because these families cannot afford the high cost of insurance, they do not get the health care needed to maintain good health. They must live with the pain and worry of the problem and when they do get medical care, they assume huge debts and another worry of how to pay for it.

The United States is the only modern industrialized country with out a sound health care system. Since 1999, one in six, not including the elderly, went without health care coverage for the entire year. More males went without coverage then females. Those most likely to be covered were those who were elderly and under the age of 18. Even Canada has a system where every one in the country has some type of health care coverage.
Don?t expect the situation to go away any time soon. The Republicans and the Democrats are more concerned with paying down the national debt that getting health care coverage for those who need it. So any......


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