Health Care Crisis in the US

Some would have you believe that health care doesn't need fixing and that the US government doesn't need to step in well I hate to get political too much but this is something I feel very very strongly about and ya know what I think the government does need to step in coz something has to change. Here is my biggest issue, I'm currently insured as are both my children however, even with double insurance I still had out of pocket expenses last year and some bills were still pretty steep, what it would have been like if I didn't have insurance I don't want to even know. The uninsured numbers have been growing as has the number of those without jobs, where do those people get health care? Ok I know I'm sorta spoilt I grew up in the UK where we had universal health care, so it's also got it's problems but at least I could go to a hospital and it didn't cost me anything to get medical care and yes there are sometimes long waits to see specialists but frankly that's no different from here even when you are insured!

The cost of health care to employers is astronomical and some are having to cut back on health care because of the cost. So where does that leave the uninsured? Having to fork out thousands of dollars in health care or the state picking up the bill, so if the state is picking up the bill or the government on medicare why shouldn't they have a say where money is being spent? Why should the people with insurance get higher and higher premiums to cover the short costs and the whole system be clogged up with too much administration?

Where would I be without insurance? Probably unable to get the medications to slow MS? Where would I get basics such as birth control? Blood pressure? Something has to be done with the system as it is or we are going to see costs radically continue to out strip inflation. The US has one of the worst medical care plans for the 'Western' world, do you see a pattern? We are closing emergency care facilities in places like Atlanta where population has grown and more people are relying on that care. If we had a centralized government system where we we all were contributing through social security we might actually have something a bit better that works it's not socialism, it's working to help provide cost efficient practices that will benefit us and our children all our children and our future.