U.S. Healthcare is a Mess!

Gina and I have had health insurance through our places of employment for the past 25 plus years. During my career I was often responsible for selecting the health policies that our company would use to insure our employees, and so had some idea of the escalating costs of the health industry during the past decade or more.

This past year I have spent a fair amount of time researching different options for our family. I have looked at Travel Insurance, Domestic Insurance, and International Insurance policies trying to determine what the best options are for our family.

I can tell you this much, buying health insurance is a complicated, expensive mess!

Most recently I have begun looking at our options as we head back to the states, and because of the current dialogue taking place in Washington over “healthcare reform” I have spent some time researching the state of healthcare in the U.S. and by everyone’s measure…U.S. healthcare is a mess!

I have written our Congressman and President Obama and encourage everyone to educate themselves on the issues and write their representatives.

I have spent a fair amount of time during the past couple of years reflecting on my life and the condition of things in the U.S., and healthcare is yet another example of an issue for which I scratch my head wondering how we got here and if this is what our country stands for? Another model out of control and unsustainable…

Tens of thousands uninsured! Tens of thousands dying each year because of lack of health care! A system that contributes to more personal bankruptcies than any other single factor! A system where the “Administration” of the system is more important than actually providing quality healthcare! A system where it is common for Health Insurance Companies to cancel policies and deny care all the while banking record profits! All in a nation that ranks “middle of the pack” for providing quality, affordable healthcare to its citizens compared with other developed countries.

Like many issues in my life during the past couple of years, this is another one that has me questioning my value and belief system and wondering how I can sit idle while these injustices exist. Spend some time researching this issue and you will probably begin asking tougher questions of yourself as well.

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