The Occupy Wall Street Protests that started in September 2011 & and then spread across the nation have highlighted ongoing problems of massive unemployment & income inequality in the U.S. Elected officials, various members of the news media, & even a few of my own friends have mocked this movement. I believe that it is possible to find a different story for every day of the year that answers "Why They Occupy".
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
75% of Americans In States w/o Access to Affordable Healthcare (for 1/23/12)
Nearly two years after President Obama fulfilled one of his top priorities by signing healthcare reform into law, 75% of Americans still reside in states with expensive healthcare. States should supposedly help enact the biggest healthcare reforms since the birth of Medicare and Medicaid. States have inconsistently enacted the various reforms. States with Republican governors have stated that healthcare reform is unconstitutional. Some of these states include Texas, Wisconsin, and Kansas. Texas Governor Rick Perry believes it will bankrupt the country, ignoring the fact that his state has 7.6 million uninsured residents.
While Occupy protesters may want deeper reforms such as single-payer healthcare for all Americans, they surely would welcome the sight of states putting forth more effort to lower healthcare costs and provide more affordable health insurance.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/affordable-health-care_n_1223230.html?ref=business
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