Gosh, I wonder why people are so concerned about health care:
Axios reported that two decades ago, “the average health insurance coverage for a family consumed 14% of the average household income.” By 2017, that number was up “to about 31% of take-home pay.”
Overall, the results of all this spending aren’t better care, better outcomes or better coverage:
The Economist notes that “America spends about twice as much on health care as other rich countries but has the highest infant-mortality rate.”
CNBC reports that “an estimated 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year because of medical issues and bills.”
In the Atlantic, People’s Policy Project director Matt Bruenig reported that “America’s level of uninsurance leads to more than 35,000 unnecessary deaths every year.”
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