In the United States today, nearly 50 million people don't have health insurance. Many others have part-time or discount plans that do little to help them if they are put into a situation where they need the coverage. The poverty level has continued to grow and many of those people are young children or seniors who need the help. In 2009, President Obama passed the Affordable Health Care Act that will cover nearly everyone in the United States. The issue with the health care plan is that because of the obstruction from the Republicans in congress, the public option was never a reality. Americans will have to purchase insurance, but it will still go to private companies. Those who make less than four times the poverty level will get government assistance, but the health care companies will still be making a giant profit.
Rick Santorum: "The answer is not what can we do to prevent deaths because of a lack of health insurance. There’s... I reject that number completely, that people die in America because of lack of health insurance....People die in America because people die in America. And people make poor decisions with respect to their health and their healthcare"
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