Why Join SHOUTAmerica?
Our increasingly expensive healthcare system is jeopardizing this country's health, economy and future. Your support and input are essential to our success, and as a member of SHOUTAmerica you are able to share your thoughts on the healthcare crisis and healthcare reform. You will also have access to unique resources that highlight how individuals can be a part of the solution and mitigate the consequences of the healthcare crisis to themselves and this country. Most importantly, by joining the ranks of other concerned individuals who also want to bring change and innovation to healthcare, you send a strong message to our leaders that we are ready for profound, long-term reform. Together, we can make our country healthier, our economy stronger, and our future brighter.
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Here are a few ways that the healthcare crisis may already be affecting you and your future.
Your job- In the past 10 years the cost of healthcare to American business has increased 140%, meaning companies are shifting a greater portion of healthcare costs to individuals, cutting back benefits or even cutting back on employees altogether. Starbucks, whom most of us visits, now spends more on healthcare than it does on coffee beans.
Your family- Throughout their lives, many have worked hard to earn the benefits of the Medicare program in their retirement, much as the baby boomers who stand to nearly double the Medicare enrollment from 36 million in 2006 to 70 million by 2030. An entire generation of Americans' healthcare is at risk due to rising costs that at current, stand to bankrupt the Medicare Hospital Trust Fund by 2019. If so, then who is going to be left to pick up the bill?
Your peers- The rising cost of healthcare means nearly 30% of Americans between 18 and 24 have no health insurance and almost 27% of 25-34 year olds are uninsured. While they may be healthy today, without access to regular preventative care developing a chronic condition becomes ever more likely and as we all know, accidents do happen and the emergency room is not a cheap place to visit.
Your government- Medicare benefits currently amount to $34.1 trillion in unfunded financial obligations leaving a burden of $115,000 per individual (good thing our current national deficit is only $10 trillion). Every public dollar diverted to healthcare means more governmental debt and less funding for other vital needs such as education, national security, transportation, fighting poverty and fighting crime.