HEALTH ISSUES OF THE UNINSURED

Health Issues of the Uninsured

Health Issues of the Uninsured

Introduction

Limit of uninsured in the U.S. that is most commonly referred to U.S. citizens who have no health insurance. In 2006 there were 47 million people in the U.S. (16% of the population) who had no health insurance at least part of this year, according to the Census Bureau, the United States. Percentage of Non-elderly uninsured population as a whole has increased since 2000 (Klerman, 2005).

The citizens are not insured because of huge cost that is required for insurance, due to the use and availability not being able to provide assistance to the public.

Causes

Americans without health insurance may be because your job does not offer insurance, are unemployed and cannot afford insurance, or they may be able to provide financial guarantees, but may decide to take this opportunity to see what happens to health uninsured (Hadley, 2007).

Historically, most American workers receive health insurance from an employer. However, recent trends indicate a steady decline in health insurance benefits sponsored by the employer. In 2000, 68 percent of small businesses 3-199 workers offered health benefits. Since then, this figure continues to decline until 2007, when 59 percent offered health. For large companies with 200 or more employees in 2000, 99 percent of employers offer health benefits, and in 2007 the figure was 99 percent. On average, companies with all the staff in 2000, 69 percent offer health insurance, and this number has dropped almost every year since 2007, when 60 percent of employers offer health insurance (DeNavas, 2007).

Consequences

Health consequences of uninsured patients have side effects. Among women, diagnostic procedures for various forms of cancer with a delay, which leads to higher mortality from cancers diagnosed at advanced stages of disease. Among men and women screened for heart disease, which ...