You Too Could Easily Be One Of The Uninsured
343 views · Published 14 September 2009 · 4:22 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2009 · News & Politics
Transcript: On Wednesday, I addressed a joint session of Congress and the American people about why we need health insurance reform and what it will take to do it. Since then, Ive continued to hear from many Americans across the country about why this is so urgent and important. Ive heard from Americans who cant get health coverage; men and women who worry that one accident or illness could drive them into bankruptcy. And Ive heard from Americans with insurance who thought that "the uninsured" always referred to someone else but between skyrocketing costs and insurance company practices; theyre beginning to worry that they could find themselves uninsured too. Its an anxiety thats keeping more and more Americans awake at night. Over the last twelve months, nearly six million more Americans lost their health coverage thats 17,000 men and women every single day. Were not just talking about Americans in poverty, either were talking about middle-class Americans. In other words, it can happen to anyone. And based on a brand-new report from the Treasury Department, we can expect that about half of all Americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. If youre under the age of 21 today, chances are more than half that youll find yourself uninsured at some point in that time. And more than one-third of Americans will go without coverage for longer than one year. I refuse to allow that future to happen. In the United States of America, no one should have to worry that theyll go without health insurance not for one year, not for one month, not for one day. And once I sign my health reform plan into law they wont. My plan will provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance; offer quality, affordable choices to those who currently dont; and bring health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government under control. First of all, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have insurance ...
