Why Uninsured Can’t Afford to Wait for the Obama Health Plot Reform
Deferring today’s health issues provokes tomorrow’s chronic medical conditions With Obama’s health plot in the works, it will be years before the uninsured can expect a government backed policy to take effect. Cancer is a prevalent chronic medical condition, affecting over a million Americans and accounting for more than 500,000 deaths each year. Nearly 8 percent of the American population is afflicted with diabetes. Annually, heart attacks account for 300,000 deaths each year. [Source: National Institute of Health] The aforementioned diseases represent the leading causes of death. Obtaining a diagnosis before it is too late to manage these life-threatening ailments significantly influences morality.
Americans who defer their health care for the Obama health plot to pass are merely shortening their life span. It was too late for an uninsured Bea Levinson. At the age of 59, postponing health insurance cost her life. Diagnosed with stage four-lung cancer, there was not any time to hope for a cure. The National Institute of Health (NIH) says that certain chronic ailments, such as heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers are treatable with early detection.