Health care reforms should be based on reality
Part of virtually every discussion concerning the state of health care in the United States is a reference to the uninsured. Given that, we assume that the group of uninsured must be a very important part of the problem. We need to better understand just what is meant by the ubiquitous "uninsured." We'll likely all agree that it is a very serious part of the problem confronting us as a nation. We hear of the ever-increasing number of uninsured. The former top number for the United States was 46 million…until it became 47 million. That seemed to occur overnight. I don't know who is responsible for keeping track of that number, but they sure seem on top of their game! Let's take a look at what comprises the "uninsured." First, this is not a static group of people. Instead, the number of "uninsured" is an estimate…a snapshot…of the number of folks thought to be without health insurance on any given day of the year.
