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Take a Supportive stance in regard to health care

I’m writing to you to take a supportive stance in regard to establishing a health insurance program for families lacking medical coverage. Our health care system is inadequate as many unemployed and employed families cannot afford services, and must forgo them which create more problems. To alleviate the epidemic of neglecting our nation’s uninsured families, I envisage a family health plan under the auspices of the federal government. I propose a policy that would emulate the Medicaid system, although all families regardless of employment or income status would qualify. The KEMBA financial credit union states that Medicare recipients must “meet strict financial conditions” and it is “designed to pay for acute medical care-not long-term care” (Kembra, par. 1). However, a long-term health policy for all uninsured families would eliminate the financial burden associated with high medical costs. So, to eradicate the existing health policies in place, the new family healt...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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