The Health Care Trap

A new Zogby poll illustrated the growing importance of health care costs to everyone, not just the uninsured. The poll also showed that Americans are more concerned about losing health insurance and prescription drug coverage than a job or a home. 84% of Americans said the number of uninsured as a “large problem”. The poll described a “health care trap” where 2 out of 5 workers would remain at jobs they disliked because they worry about finding health insurance and prescription drug coverage.
The Associated Press carried a story today about a Kaiser study that showed up to a quarter of seniors do not follow doctors orders regarding prescription drugs because of cost.
This is yet more data about the difficulty people are having affording the medicine they need. That’s why we need the constitutional amendment, to make sure everyone has access to affordable health care.