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[fancy_heading h1=”1″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”line” title=”How much do you know about the uninsured? Take the Quiz!”]Nearly 30 million Americans remain uninsured after the Affordable Care Act.
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[fancy_heading h1=”0″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”arrows” title=”Uninsured people just need to get a job. . . . . . True or False? “]False. Most uninsured people are working, but they still can’t afford to buy health insurance. Not all employers provide insurance, and even if they do, many workers can’t afford to pay their share. [/fancy_heading]
[fancy_heading h1=”0″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”arrows” title=”The uninsured don’t want to buy insurance. True or False?”]False. A 2014 poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 70% of the uninsured thought they needed health insurance but they couldn’t buy it. Mostly, they couldn’t afford it, or they couldn’t buy it because it wasn’t offered at work or because they were undocumented. [/fancy_heading]
[fancy_heading h1=”0″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”arrows” title=”Most of the uninsured are undocumented. True or False?”]False. 79% of the uninsured are U.S. citizens, while 21% are non-citizens. [/fancy_heading]
[fancy_heading h1=”0″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”arrows” title=”The fact that there are so many uninsured people doesn’t affect me. True or False?”]False. Uninsured people struggle to pay for healthcare, leaving billions ($49 billion in 2011 alone) in unpaid bills that hospitals and doctors have to pass on to the rest of us. [/fancy_heading]
[fancy_heading h1=”0″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”arrows” title=”Being uninsured is no big deal – anyone can get free emergency care. True or False?”]False. Uninsured people have a 25% higher mortality rate than insured people. The ER only stabilizes patients. If an uninsured person has cancer and faints, the ER may resuscitate the person, but it won’t treat the cancer. [/fancy_heading]
[fancy_heading h1=”0″ icon=”icon-lamp” style=”arrows” title=”Here’s the truth: There are way too many people falling through the cracks!”]Uninsured people in the United States are caught between a rock (unaffordable health insurance) and a hard spot (unaffordable health care). We need to assure every American access to health care. The Affordable Care Act was a step forward, to be sure, but it should not be our destination. We can and must do better. Read more here about universal healthcare.
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