The United States - finally - puts health care insurance in reach of all its citizens!
The passage of the health care bill on March 23, 2010, has finally made health care insurance available to every U.S. citizen. This astounding fact has brought hope to millions of Americans, and in a time when the character of the United States has been diminished by the shameful policies and practices of the previous administration, when most Americans had lost faith in their nation, the passage of the health care bill has transformed the image of the United States throughout the world. Its passage has also given all Americans a fighting chance to live in health to a good old age, for now all Americans will be able to obtain health care insurance.
Health care in the modern age is at its greatest moment, more than at any other time in human history. Only a hundred years ago, life expectancy was less than 50 years. Thanks to better nutrition and advances in scientific pharmacology and medicine, most of us in the U.S. can now expect to live well into our seventies. Most of us who reach this age will require some medical treatment we'll fight for every minute we can add to our life. The cost of medical treatment to prolong our lives is usually highest in our later years. Seniors who could not afford health care insurance, or, had been excluded from it because the condition that was doing them in existed prior to their application for insurance. Until the passage of this bill, such unfortunate people had to resign themselves to dying earlier than they would have, had they been able to get the medical treatment they needed. With the passage of this bill, American seniors can now get affordable health care insurance at any time, pre-existing condition or not.
The costs of health for the youth of the U.S. are not as great as it is for seniors. By virtue of youth, the young body is able to withstand the enemies of human life much better than the elderly, but there are always exceptions. Many families will have a child who is born with a congenital disease, such as diabetes 1. The recent swine flu epidemic showed that at any time the young can be stricken with disease at a greater rate than the elderly. Nature is unpredictable; at any time sickness may come, an accident may threaten our lives, even the lives of the young. No one is exempt from these dangers, but with state of the art medical treatments, most can survive, we can be healed, and go on to live up into our seventies. This potentiality, however, was seriously threatened, not because we lacked the technology to cure ourselves or prolong our lives, but because the cost of medical insurance for the young was more than most of us could afford, The child born with a congenital disease could not be insured at all.
This has all changed by the passage of the health care bill of 2010. Now, insurers will be required to provide coverage to anyone, whether they have a pre-existing condition or not. Now, insurers will be constrained in what they charge. For those who are poor, insurance will be available at a low cost with the government subsidizing individuals as needed. Now, insurance companies will not be able to cap coverage. Prescription coverage for those on Medicare who must pay for their drugs after their Medicare costs reach $2,700 and until the costs hit $6,154 (it's called the 'donut hole'), will receive reimbursment for their drug expenses until the hole is closed in 2020. With these measures, and more to come, health care insurance is now available and affordable for everyone.
By 2020 all Americans will be required to have health care insurance. Now that health care is available and affordable to all citizens, be aware that you don't need to wait until then! If you don't now have health care insurance, get it! Your country has made health care possible for you. Be proud your country cares for your life and your health. Such care is what makes a nation great.