STFU Toast. there is no use to argue on here or debate. this bar has turned into a one sided forum, any opposition is dealt with by stupid remarks from toast or dumass mct-40 and others. If it was not for people like me and others, you guys would be in love with each other and talk in circles. Try to convince a color blind person that thinks red is blue is actually red? No health care reform? really. I suppose once it is passed you will find something more interesting to agree on.
Not picking on you sab with this alaska broken health care system, just trying to wake you up.
Why Alaska Needs Health Reform: By the Numbers Our broken health care system forces families and businesses to struggle with skyrocketing costs and puts millions of Americans at risk of losing the insurance they have now. Here is how our broken health care system affects people in Alaska. • 20 residents of Alaska are losing health insurance every day, and 14,000 Americans nationwide lose insurance daily. • The average family premium in Alaska costs $1,900 more because our system fails to cover everyone—and $1,100 more nationally. • Our broken health insurance system will cost the Alaska economy as much as $670 million this year in productivity losses due to the uninsured—and up to $248 billion nationally. • In Alaska there has been a 8 percent increase in the uninsured rate since 2007. • 140,000 are uninsured today in Alaska. • In Alaska the combined market share of the top two insurers is 95 percent, limiting employers’ and families’ health insurance options as well as the care they receive. • The average family premium will rise from $14,094 to $24,050 by 2019 in Alaska without health care reform. • In Alaska, without health care reform, 17,360 will have lost coverage from January 2008 to December 2010. • In Alaska, 58,000 people would gain coverage as a result of the House health care reform bill by 2013, and 93,000 would gain coverage by 2019. • A typical Alaska family will pay $24,050 for health coverage in 2019 without health care reform.? Message #295115Bookmark PrintMail
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