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American healthcare: The good, bad, ugly, future

Henry Kotula

Americans today pay twice as much for the same medications as people in Europe largely because of Congressional legislation passed in 2003. As prices climb ever-higher, at least half of Americans can’t afford to pay their out-of-pocket medical bills, which remain the leading cause of U.S. It’s a good start. bankruptcy.

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Guns, Jobs, or Health Care? In 2018, Voters Split as to Top Issue

Health Populi

One-fourth of insured Americans, about 41 million people, were defined as under-insured in late 2016, double the 2003 rate when The Fund began to poll on this question. Half of under-insured adults had problems with medical bills or debt, and 2 in 5 said they did not get needed healthcare due to cost.