Increasing Costs of Health Insurance
... These are people with disabilities, who cannot obtain health insurance at any price. They are also the general work force, making minimum wage, who go to work every day, but still cannot afford health insurance. ... Those without health insurance are four times more likely not to get medical care than insured Americans. ... The lack of health insurance coverage for United State citizens has been a problem in this country for many years. ... 4 million people without health insurance in 2001. ... residents that lacked health insurance in 2001 compared with 14. ... Health Insurance Association of America, HIAA, says that mandating benefits harms the system, due to the rising healthcare costs and increasing numbers of uninsured Americans. HIAA says that for every one percent increase in the cost of health insurance some 200,000 people lose their coverage. The national average cost of health insurance for a family with maternity that has two children costs $1050 per month. A family without maternity costs $400 per month. A single female at the age of thirty-two with maternity costs $450 per month and without maternity costs $225 per month. It is obvious that the cost of health insurance is very costly. The biggest reason for this problem is due to the increasing cost of prescription drugs. There is a solution to the problem of the increasing cost of prescription drugs. ... One solution to one not having health insurance is called Medicaid.