One in Four Americans Went Without Healthcare in 2011

A recent study indicated that one in four Americans went without health insurance sometime in 2011, giving a total uninsured count of around 48 million people. The scary thing is, more than 40 percent of those who lost insurance had been covered by employer-sponsored plans. Nobody's healthcare in the US is secure, unless one is on Medicare or the VA, which are single-payer systems. In a country where we spend more money than any other country per person on healthcare, when a full quarter of all citizens go without it is a clear indicator of a severe problem of systemic deficiencies in healthcare distribution.


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