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Cambridge Study: Millions of ‘Uninsurable’, Pt.1 -- Woe are the chronically ill.

For the longest time, many of us have waited for some meaningful data concerning, perhaps the most serious problem we face with our current health insurance/care system. Finally we have some and this is projected in a flurry of new articles. One of the better written was by the Cambridge Health Alliance people and posted by the wickedlocal.com site, complete with ‘air time’ for responses from the public (if only they can consider the topic at all with their blogs). The topic is health insurance/care, more specifically, the search for more, accurate detail relevant to our currently collapsing health insurance/care system.

Probably most Americans know someone who is chronically ill and are hardly ever able to follow up with prescribed treatment for lack of funds. They have no health insurance because they are forever denied. Because of no health insurance, many of these people are unable to obtain vital medications nor further necessary procedures for their illness. Many us will eventually turn a ‘blind eye’ to this hardship because of the hopelessness associated with it. Maybe this new research can substantiate world-wide (or at least national ) exposure to the seriousness of this problem. Maybe a stronger outcry from the general public can make a difference. Let’s hope so.

The ‘Cambridge’ study was largely based on 2004 data from government health surveys. These were the latest we had. Discovered, was that there were “Over 11.4 million Americans with chronic physical illnesses that had no health insurance” at that time.

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