An eroding model for health insurance
Working Americans once could rely on employer-based benefits. But more people are being forced into the individual market, where coverage is costly, bare-bones and precarious.
The health insurance system has become increasingly expensive and inaccessible. It leaves patients responsible for bills they understood would be covered, squeezes doctors and hospitals, and tries to avoid even minuscule risks, such as providing coverage to a newborn with no serious illness. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Hits home with me, having just last week received health insurance after six months without any. I'm fortunate to be a healthy, 20-something male, the easiest type to insure. Reading these people's stories is humbling.