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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Steven R. Levine, MD

Arch Neurol. 2007;64(1):15-16.

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Over 45 million Americans lack health insurance¹–an unacceptably high number. These uninsured individuals are more often younger (<age 65 years) than insured individuals. Warning: A more detailed look at the numbers may cause vertigo. Contingent workers (with no employee benefits) now represent more than 25% of the American workforce.¹ Those at the beginning of their working lives are now facing a scarcity of jobs with good benefits. A third of young American adults between 18 and 24 years of age lack health care coverage. Four of every 5 uninsured Americans come from working families.²

The ramifications of no health insurance are staggering. Nationally, because of cost, over 40% of uninsured adults report being unable to see a physician when needed in the past 12 months compared with just 9% of adults who have health care coverage.³ Further, more than half of the adults without health . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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