Nationally, more than 15% are uninsured. In Texas it's nearly 24%, the Census Bureau says, the highest percentage among the states. Here in Harris County, it's 30%, according to state figures, the highest rate among the nation's top 10 metropolitan areas.
As the Houston area struggles to deal with a rising tide of uninsured, it offers a lesson for the nation: Let the problem get out of hand-to a point where nearly 1 in 3 people have no coverage-and you won't just have a less healthy population. You'll have an overwhelmed health care system.
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"Texas is the case study for system implosion," says neurosurgeon Guy Clifton, founder of the Houston-area group Save Our ERs.
I work for an insurance company that shall remain unmentioned. The public has no idea the amount of infrastructure that goes into every single insurance company and insurance contract from each and every business that offers medical insurance to its employees.
These funds could easily pay for unversal health coverage for every American in this country!
lindarn
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I work for an insurance company that shall remain unmentioned. The public has no idea the amount of infrastructure that goes into every single insurance company and insurance contract from each and every business that offers medical insurance to its employees.
These funds could easily pay for unversal health coverage for every American in this country!
Lindarn, RN,BSN, CCRN
Spokane, Washington