Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drugs Crisis


Are you aware that medical expense is the number one cause of bankruptcy in the United States?

Oscar winning filmmaker Michael Moore and a respected insurance lobbyist faced off in a "healthcare showdown" on the Oprah Show today. Michael Moore first took on the Healthcare Industry in his eye opening documentary, "Sicko" released in June 2007.

The lack of insurance coverage for prescription drugs can have adverse effects. Uninsured adults are twice as likely as insured adults to skip a medical treatment or not fill a prescription because of the cost, according to a 2005 survey.

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Uninsured Americans By Race...

Uninsured By Race and Hispanic Origin Using 3-Year Average: 2004 to 2006
(Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year)
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All races....................................................................45,102

White.........................................................................34,151

White, non Hispanic..............................................20,875

Black............................................................................7,174

American Inidan and Alaska Native........................748

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander..........139

Hispanic origin (any race).....................................14,187

Because of the relatively small population of these racial groups, the sampling variability of their health insurance data is larger than for the other racial groups and may cause single-year estimates to fluctuate more widely. American Indians and Alaska Natives had a 3-year average (2004-2006) uninsured rate (31.4 percent) that was higher than the rate for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (21.7 percent) and higher than those of other race groups. The 3-year average also shows that the uninsured rate for American Indians and Alaska Natives was not statistically different from the rate for Hispanics (32.7 percent).

In 2006, the uninsured rate for non-Hispanic Whites was statistically unchanged at 10.8 percent. The uninsured rate for Blacks increased in 2006 to 20.5 percent, from 19.0 percent in 2005, while the uninsured rate for Asians decreased to 15.5 percent in 2006, from 17.2 percent in 2005. Among Hispanics, the uninsured number and rate both increased in 2006 to 15.3 million and 34.1 percent, from 13.9 million and 32.3 percent in 2005.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

47 Million Americans Uninsured

A Real Crisis

According to US Census Bureau, as reported by Boston Globe News in an article dated August 29, 2007, a record of 47 million Americans did not have health insurance last year.

Of the 47 million uninsured last year, 8.7 million were uninsured American children.

The report further stated that an estimated 10.3 percent of children in Massachusetts did not have health insurance from 2004-2006, slightly below the national average.

With these statistics, Do you believe that we all, on an average, are uninsured right now? This is really frightening, to say the least. Let’s hear what you have to say about this. So come on over for a visit and leave your comment/s.

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