Tuesday, November 11, 2003

What health insurance?

I am one of 43.6 million Americans who do not have health insurance. I cannot possibly afford it, given my paltry student loans, and my previous employer's COBRA would cost me $350 a month (my CAR PAYMENT is $344 a month).

18,000 Americans will die prematurely this year due to lack of healthcare.

The United States is the only industrialized country without some form of universal healthcare for its citizens.

Most of the 43 million are working adults. 12 million of them have children.

Congress just passed an $87 BILLION package for the continued occupation of Iran and Afghanistan. That's enough to pay every single uninsured American $2023.25.

Sometimes I wish I lived in France.

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