My first post!!
Found the article about health care in today's paper (NY times) page A19
Impact of Paerson's Plan to Plug Health Care Age Gap May Be Limited.
The main concern
"Vast numbers of young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 not having health insurance"
Couple reasons why
1. Young people often start their careers working part time or for employers who do not offer health coverage.
2. People decide not to buy insurance because of the cost.
3. People decide not to buy insurance because belief of their youth making them invincible.
To plug the gap, Gov.Paterson is preparing a plan that will allow many more young adults to be claimed as dependents on their parents' health insurance plans. (step towards NY universal health care.)
However, reports states that other states implementing similar system did not see a significant improvements.
I think it is very difficult for the U.S to bring in universal health care, even at the state level.
We must consider the number of frauds that exist in our society as it is now and the potential growth of those numbers as a consequence.
Also when we look at Canada, the waiting times for doctors can be rediculous.
Also we must consider the number of illegal immigrants in our country.
How many would commit fraud by selling or lending false "health care card" type of items?
I just think its very very difficult.
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