BlueBroward.orgHi everyone,
I was just reading The Hightower Lowdown Report and ran across some interesting stats. We all know that just a handful of corporate insurance giants control the market (Aetna & United control a third of it) but these numbers are sick (pun intended)!
The American Medical Association’s 2008 study of health-insurance markets in 314 American cities found that 94% are “highly concentrated”.
- In 56% of our cities, one insurer controls more than half of the group healthcare market
- In 19% of our cities, one insurer controls 70% of the market
- In 11 cities, one insurer controls more than 90% of the market
And yet the nit-wits against a public option scream that they want “choice” and they don’t want to have their “healthcare controlled by a bureaucracy”!!! HAAA!!!
On a local level, June 14th’s Miami Herald published, “A study for the Milliman Medical Cost Index found that a Miami area family of four with an employer-based prefered provider organization plan averaged $20,282 in healthcare costs in 2008. That’s 21% higher than the national average. Miami is the first city exceeding the $20,000 mark, the first city to climb so high.”
Then let’s address the uninsured numbers which do not include recipients of Medicaid and the underinsured. Also from the same issue of the Miami Herald, We are #1 in uninsured. Nearly 33% in Dade county and 25% in Broward.
Just thought I pass out that little tid-bit for anyone doing a letter writing campaign or in need of even MORE talking points!
ALSO…..Here’s a list of contact info for some of the national groups fighting for our public healthcare rights:
- Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care—http://guaranteedhealthcare4all.org
- Physicians for a National Health Program—www.pnhp.org 312-782-6006
- Progressive Democrats of America—www.pdamerica.org 877-239-2093
- Progressive States Network—www.progressivestates.org 212-680-3116
- Single Payer Action—www.singlepayeraction.org
Tracie
ALSO…..Here’s a list of contact info for some of the national groups fighting for our public healthcare rights:
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Democracy for America—www.democracyforamerica.com 802-651-3200
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Health Care for America Now—www.healthcareforamericanow.com 202-654-6200
- Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care—http://guaranteedhealthcare4all.org
- Physicians for a National Health Program—www.pnhp.org 312-782-6006
- Progressive Democrats of America—www.pdamerica.org 877-239-2093
- Progressive States Network—www.progressivestates.org 212-680-3116
- Single Payer Action—www.singlepayeraction.org
Tracie
