| Healthcare is one of the biggest problems in the | | | | regulate healthcare was placed on the back |
| country. Every day, millions of Americans are | | | | burner, more states created their own |
| going without quality healthcare. This report will | | | | state-specific healthcare regulations. Today, there |
| address the problem and show you a simple | | | | are hundreds of regulations nationwide for |
| solution to get immediate savings on many of | | | | healthcare. The more regulations each state |
| your medical and dental expenses, even if you | | | | requires, the more the cost for health insurance |
| are uninsured or underinsured. | | | | goes up, making it harder for people to afford. |
| If you watch TV, read the newspapers, or surf | | | | Over 1 million people filed bankruptcy in 1999... |
| the internet, you've seen the topic of healthcare | | | | 40% of them were related to medical bills! |
| in the media. It seems there's something in the | | | | Just two years before, in 1997, only 28% of the |
| media every week about the topic of healthcare. | | | | bankruptcies were related to medical bills. What's |
| The United States of America has one of the | | | | happening here folks? Why the dramatic increase |
| best healthcare systems in the world and yet so | | | | of bankruptcies due to medical bills? Why is this |
| many people in this country go without quality | | | | happening in a country that has one of the best |
| healthcare. | | | | healthcare systems in the world? |
| It's getting harder and harder to afford good | | | | The uninsured vs. the underinsured |
| healthcare | | | | Harvard law professor, Elizabeth Warren, did a |
| Recent studies show that there are 44 million | | | | study about the rise in bankruptcies due to |
| Americans with no health insurance. In addition to | | | | medical bills. The results of this study revealed |
| this, there are 70 million people that are | | | | that most of these medically related bankruptcies |
| underinsured. The federal government is | | | | were filed by people who actually had health |
| constantly working to solve this growing problem, | | | | insurance. |
| but unfortunately, it increases year after year. | | | | She stated that underinsurance was a far bigger |
| The federal healthcare plan never got off the | | | | problem, as opposed to people who were not |
| ground | | | | insured. No health insurance plan is designed to |
| The best effort so far was an attempt to create | | | | pay for everything. There are always limitations, |
| national healthcare for all Americans. Congress | | | | exclusions and waiting periods that will leave you |
| refused to approve this proposal and the issue | | | | financially responsible for these out of pocket |
| has been on the shelf for several years now. | | | | expenses. Unfortunately, many health insurance |
| Maybe one day a national healthcare system may | | | | policyholders neglect to review these issues and |
| surface, but no time in the near future. | | | | are surprised at the time of their claims. As a |
| Then individual States tried to fix the healthcare | | | | result, they get whacked with an OOPS! - |
| system | | | | Out-Of-Pocket-Surprise! - which often means |
| After the federal government's attempt to | | | | bankruptcy. |