Monday, 5 March 2007
NY Times Reports on the Middle-Class Uninsured
Monday’s New York Times features an article on the rising number of middle class people without health insurance.
It’s been widely reported that there are almost 47 million Americans without insurance. Less well-known is that more than a third of those people make more than $40,000 a year, according to studies by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
The Times cites this statistic as one of the reasons that a national healthcare solution is part of the agenda for many politicians in the upcoming presidential election. Three of the major Democratic contenders — Senators Obama, Clinton, and Edwards — have all proposed variations of a universal healthcare system.
Senator Clinton championed a universal healthcare plan during the first term of her husband President Bill Clinton. The idea proved unpopular in the early 1990s. In the decade since, rising healthcare costs and increasing numbers of people without insurance have given the idea new life in American politics.
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