The Disney dispute mirrors an exacerbating national trend: Employment no longer guarantees satisfactory health care coverage. Between 2001 and 2007, insurance premiums rose 78% while wages rose 19%. As health care costs rise, employers drop benefits, contributing to the number of uninsured Americans.
One in six full-time workers, or 21 million people, were uninsured for all 12 months of 2008. Astoundingly, 45% of the nation’s 46 million uninsured actually worked full-time. And the percentage of Americans who receive health insurance through their employer has decreased from 64% in 2000 to 59% in 2008.
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AND!!! AND? EVERYONE SHOULD JUST BE INSURED, PERIOD. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SOME SORT OF CARE. PERIOD.
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WHY CAN PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND THIS?! I get so smacky when people try and tell me, “Well if they just had a job and...
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One in six full-time workers, or 21 million people, were uninsured for all 12 months of 2008. Astoundingly, 45% of the...
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