About 45 million Americans, or 15 percent of the population, do not have health insurance. The uninsured are concentrated among the poor, the chronically ill, the unemployed, the young, those employed by small firms, and low-wage workers.
- What kind of insurance, from your point of view, is the most popular? Why?
- What circumstances make it difficult to base healthcare decisions on a system where the patient, decision maker, and deep pocket are the same person?