Americans Struggle to Pay Healthcare Costs

People in the United States, the best country in the world (yes, still), should not have to worry about how to pay for healthcare or be faced with bankruptcy when they or someone they love faces a health crises. Yet, this is the situation in the U.S., where the most fragile are hit the hardest and exploited the most by a national healthcare policy shaped by corporate titans, lobbyists, and legislatures ... and NOT by the people responsible for administering care.

Via Yahoo! News:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are struggling to pay for healthcare in the ongoing economic recession, with a quarter saying they have had trouble in the past 12 months, according to a survey released on Monday.

Baby boomers -- the generation born between 1946 and 1964 -- had the most trouble and were the most likely to put off medical treatments or services, said researchers at Center for Healthcare Improvement, part of the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters.

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