Underinsured Social Issues

Healthcare is one of the top economic and social problems facing not only United States but also many other countries in the world. While there are many issues that modern health care needs to deal with the most common problem are health insurance costs. The rising costs of health insurance together with the rising costs of medical care are impacting many families. Inability to pay bills for medical treatment affects now not only uninsured but also people who pay for medical coverage.
According to health care statistics published by HealthCareProblems.org in June 2008 nearly 50 million Americans is not covered by insurance companies. Another 25 million are underinsured, which means they pay for coverage often very high rates and still encounter hardship paying for medical bills. Many of these people have major health issues and amount of money they owe for medical services is substantial. Among them are people that due to chronic medical conditions or serious illness are not able to change insurance companies and shop around to get better premiums. To keep coverage they have to agree to pay higher premiums, deductibles and
The number of the underinsured families with incomes of $40,000 nearly tripled over these years (Health, 2008).
To categorize person as underinsured many general concepts must be taken to an account but they vary from person to person and depend on circumstances. Researches from the Commonwealth Fund composed definition by looking into percentage of income person spends on their medical expenses. According to the researches underinsured person spends 5 percent income in low income families to 10 percent income on medical bills (Reinberg,