Week 5 EOC: Health Care Reform

Why should we reform health care in the United States of America? After looking at the numbers released by the Us Census Bureau on health care statistics it looks to me like the health care industry is doing a good job covering most Americans. For example 98.5 percent of Americans over the age of 65 are covered under some kind of insurance at some point during the year and 82.2 percent of Americans under the age of 65 are also covered by insurance at some point during the year. In households with married couple families nearly 90 percent of the husbands, wives, and children are covered by health care are some point during the year. In other households 86.3 percent of individuals are covered by insurance at some point during the year. Some people will argue that income is the reason for health care reform, according to the percentages given by the federal government 84.2 percent of people making less than $25,000 a year are covered by insurance during the year.
So how can it be that we need health care reform to make health care more affordable when more than 80 percent the lowest income class is covered by insurance and 90 percent of the highest income class is covered by insurance during the year. In my opinion from the numbers given by the US Census Bureau it appears to me that most of the American people are covered by some kind of insurance during some point during the year. While it would be great for every person in America to have insurance during the year, it looks to me that the health care industry is doing a pretty good job already, at least from a numbers stand point. While things could be improved I do not believe that a total overhaul of the industry is warranted at this time. To find more information on the percentages and numbers found in this blog post go to http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032007/health/h01_001.htm.