The goal shouldn’t just be to get people insured. It should be to offer coverage people actually want to buy—as they do when choosing most other goods and services.
More than 20 million Americans lack health insurance. Democrats are betting that public concern over that number will propel them back into power this fall.
But the headline figure obscures a more important question. Why do so many Americans go without coverage?
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sheds light on that question. Cost is certainly a factor. But it’s not the whole story.
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Uninsured Americans Want Coverage Worth Buying
Sally C. Pipes
The goal shouldn’t just be to get people insured. It should be to offer coverage people actually want to buy—as they do when choosing most other goods and services.
More than 20 million Americans lack health insurance. Democrats are betting that public concern over that number will propel them back into power this fall.
But the headline figure obscures a more important question. Why do so many Americans go without coverage?
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sheds light on that question. Cost is certainly a factor. But it’s not the whole story.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.