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March 2007 - 12 year old boy dies from toothache
12-year-old Prince George's County boy died as a result of complications from a tooth abscess -- a kind of infection that is particularly common among people who do not have access to routine dental care.

Some Facts About The Health Care Industry...

Insurance and Health Care costs are increasing three times the rate of inflation.

Downside to Insurance.... increasing rates, deductibles, exclusions, limitations and caps.... it's no longer an affordable option that works. With layoffs increasing and businesses downsizing it’s cutting into benefits and health care.

- 175 million families affected.
- 7 out of 10 - with no dental coverage
- people are either un-insured or under-insured
There are 45 million Americans living without health coverage
- including 8.5 million children.

Highlights from Cover the Uninsured Week 2004
watch this video.. it is about 7 minutes.. It is very good! go to: http://covertheuninsuredweek.org/about/

Cover the Uninsured Week 2004 05-2004: Characteristics of the Uninsured: A View from the States [.pdf], which shows state-specific numbers of working adults who have no health coverage. The research also details, for the first time, the significant gaps in care that uninsured people in each state experience, compared to those with insurance.

http://covertheuninsuredweek.org/media/research/brffs.pdf

The Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What Do We Spend, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending? [.pdf], This issue update finds that uninsured Americans could incur nearly $41 billion in uncompensated health care treatment in 2004, with federal, state and local governments paying as much as 85 percent of the care. It also finds that if the country provided coverage to all the uninsured, the cost of additional medical care provided to the newly insured would be $48 billion. http://www.kff.org/uninsured/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=35965

Yahoo 09-28-04:Health Insurance Costs Rise Faster Than Wages
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040928/us_nm/health_costs_dc_5

WebMD 08-26-04: Uninsured Americans Up by 1.4 Million in '03 Americans Without Health Insurance Rising Faster Than Those With Coverage
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/93/102260.htm?action=related_link

New York Times 08-26-04: Ranks of uninsured grow to highest since '98
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2004-08-26-uninsure_x.htm

New York Times 08-19-04: Rising Cost of Health Benefits Cited as Factor in Slump of Jobs
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/business/19care.html

US TODAY 08-03-04: Fewer Getting Insurance Through Jobs
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-08-03-health-insurance_x.htm

CBS News 06-16-04: Uninsured? You're One Of Millions
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/16/health/main623368.shtml

US TODAY 06-04-04: Rising benefit costs hurt small businesses' financial health
http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/2004-06-04-small-health_x.htm

"The Institute of Medicine estimates that $65 billion to $130 billion is lost every year in wages and benefits because of the uninsured, but if insurance was provided to the estimated 46 million Americans who do not have it, it would cost $39 billion-$69 billion a year."
---ABC News

ABCNEWS.com 03-29-04: Spreading the Pain: How Uninsured Americans Affect Your Care
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/DrJohnson/GMA031024UninsuredAmericans-1.html

Christian Science Monitor 10-28-03: Even biggest firms now cut health insurance Some 32 percent of employees without health benefits work for large companies, up from 25 percent in 1987.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1028/p01s02-usec.html

Consumer Reports 09-2000: Second-class medicine
The U.S. spends more money on health care than any other country. But the nation's 44 million uninsured face a system of...
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display_report.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=348533&bmUID=1094748004314

Sicker and Poorer: The Consequences of Being Uninsured
MAY 2002 THE COST OF NOT COVERING THE UNINSURED PROJECT The Kaiser Family Foundation initiated the Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured project to explore what is ..
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/13970_1.pdf

The Parade section of the Sunday, 08-22-04 newspaper
Cover Story: Can You Pay For Your Health Care?
The articles will appear on the this page.. on 08-23-04
http://archive.parade.com/2004/0815/0815_index.html

I pulled this off from the uninsured quiz on the website.

1. Today, 44 million Americans have no health insurance. Ten years ago, 37 million Americans were uninsured.

2. 50% of uninsured Americans have jobs, and 59% of uninsured employees are not offered any health coverage by their companies.

3. Between the ages 18 and 44 years old contains the highest number of uninsured people. 41.5% of the uninsured, or 18,260,000 people, are between the ages of 18 and 44 years old.

4. Men are more likely to be uninsured. Of the uninsured, 53% are men and 47% are women.

5. 12% of all American children under 18 are uninsured. 30.3% of children without coverage are under six years old.

About the AmeriPlan® concept...

AmeriPlan® has put together a fantastic product to help connect Americans with affordable, supplemental benefits without the headaches of dealing with insurance companies, claim forms, pre-existing conditions, age limitations, co-pays.

The AmeriPlan® benefits include:

Dental, Vision, Chiropractic, and Pharmacy with complete medical care coming to an area near you before the end of 2004.

For every single member we enroll, AmeriPlan® will pay us every single month for a one-time effort.