Health insurance is one thing that we as Americans and Foreigners all need. As stated in previous blogs, we understand that cost of receiving health care benefits is expensive without being insured. Brasfield brings a very logical situation to my attention during the first two chapters of his book, Health Policy: The Decade Ahead, that had never settled with me before.
The fact that individuals without health insurance are more unhealthy than those who do have health insurance is one interesting fact that caught my attention, while reading this book. When people have less access to health care, the chances of them being healthy is very unlikely. Having health care providers readily accessible to you, it is easier to go to the doctor when you are feeling ill, instead of ignoring symptoms that could potentially to fatal to one's health.
This takes me back to how my uncle is an uninsured individual, who needs to go to the emergency room from time to time because he is in poor health, but cannot afford to see a doctor or physician whenever he would like to. If we, as a country, were able to help insure all of our people, yes, taxes would definitely increase, but being able to help provide for someone else could possibly be worth, where we are as a country.
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