Health-Care Focus Next for President Obama
New York – An estimated 47 million Americans reportedly live in this country yet have no access to health insurance. Those individuals who still have health coverage, have found their rates increased by a whopping 5 percent in the last year.
Last week, President Barack Obama, included in his signed stimulus package a guaranteed $150 billion dedicated to health care for all Americans.
Just weeks ago, the SCHIP, State Children’s Health Insurance Program signed into effect documents expanding the agency’s focus. President Obama’s goal is a complete realignment of the nation’s health care industry infrastructure.
Since the onset of the nation’s economical crisis, 4 million Americans have lost health insurance benefits. An estimated 14,000 may be or are losing their benefits on a daily basis. Even before the crisis, over 46 million Americans lived with no health insurance coverage.
During the president’s campaign, his guarantee was to focus intense efforts on expanding government’s participation and more funds in effort to provide health care for all Americans. He proposed plans to create public plans that would be competitive with private health insurance companies.
With the quick move just after signing last week’s stimulus bill, the president confirms his goal and the importance placed on assuring the relationship to national health care and the recovery of the nation’s economic status.
Statistics documented, beginning around 2007, indicate that the unemployment rate has risen from 4.4 percent to 7.6 percent. As a result, of the increase in employment, those same individuals have lost health insurance along with health insurance benefits.
The Center for American Progress reports that in addition to the economical crisis in America, a health crisis would be far worse on the nation. Their Action Fund of approximately $750,000 is used in conjunction with the government in improving America’s standard of living for all.
David Sloane, a lobbyist for the AARP, a group for seniors, said in a telephone interview, “Determining how to pay to get everyone covered is critical. Given all other spending priorities and economic peril, there’s a lot of uncertainty whether they can find savings elsewhere to offset this.”