The crisis is even greater for those who have lost jobs or who have become underemployed, as health care costs and the cost of insurance continues to rise ("What's Wrong With").
For too long, the government has been turning a blind eye to this problem, refusing to recognize that that Americans' health is their most precious resource. But it is high time that the government learns that protecting its people is worth any fiscal cost. For this reason, we, as a nation, need to tell congress that Americas should not have to choose between health and financial stability, between medications and heat, or between school tuition and vaccinations. I am moving that congress hold a special session in order to weigh the different types of health programs available to us as a nation. Members of congress must bring in experts from the United States and...
After this session, I am urging congress to draft a legislative policy offering at least some aspects of universal healthcare to the American people, so Americans never have to make the choice between fiscal and physical health again.
But even taking some of the pressures off of medical bills will not be enough to relieve many Americans from the economic troubles of these tumultuous times. As companies continue to face lower numbers in profit and some close altogether, those who have been laid off are becoming a larger and larger crowd. Using unemployment benefits to barely make ends meet, taking jobs on the side, and going to school to try to find work, these people suffer both from financial strain
