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This is from MSNBC a couple weeks ago and the AFl-CIO will publish something along these lines shortly. This story is copywrited and will withdraw if objections made. Topic of discussion our next meeting, time permitting:
MSNBC.com April 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - Twenty percent of Americans say they have delayed or postponed medical care, mostly doctor visits, and many said cost was the main reason, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters released on Monday.
That figure is up since 2006, the last time the question was asked on the survey, when 15.9 percent of people said they had postponed or canceled medical care in the past year.
"The results of this survey have serious implications for public health officials, hospital administrators, and healthcare consumers," Gary Pickens of the Healthcare division of Thomson Reuters, who led the study, said in a statement. "We are seeing a positive correlation between Americans losing their access to employer-sponsored health insurance and deferral of healthcare."
In the most recent survey, 21 percent of U.S. adults expected to have difficulty paying for health insurance or healthcare services in the next three months.
Pickens added that "if this trend continues, it will ultimately have an impact on our collective well-being."
Thomson Reuters Healthcare is part of the same company as the Reuters news agency.
Pickens and colleagues surveyed 12,000 Americans in February and March and said their findings were representative of the United States in general.
They found that 24 percent of people who canceled or postponed care said cost was the primary reason.
More than 54 percent who skipped care said they missed a doctor visit. Eight percent said they delayed or skipped medical imaging of some sort.
Pickens and colleagues found the percentage of households with employer-sponsored insurance declined to 54.6 percent in 2009 from 59 percent in early 2008. The percentage of adults covered by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor, rose to 14.5 percent in 2009 from 11.9 percent in 2008.
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note, this problem is probably more widespred than this reporting. AFL is currently doing a healthcare study of its members.
you might wish to take the survey of AFL-CIO for the more taking the healthcare survey, the more accurate the survey. In theory, we all have some sort of healthcare insurance or at least that is the theory. Of course, none enjoy the level of insurance we had while we were working and not what we were promised by the canco: http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/survey/index_survey.cfm
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If you wish the pdf version and the site of what I posted, it is:
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-conte
nt/uploads/2009/05/frank-luntz-the-language-of-healthcare-20091.pdf
many other sites mention this and quote parts, but for the purposes of the group; the entire text is what we wish folks to review. If one is going to argue for single payer healthcare, one had better be aware of counter arguments. That is the reasoning behind the Ronald Regan post last month and this one.
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