The numbers are staggering: The US spends $2 trillion a year -- 16 percent of its GDP -- on healthcare, and yet 45 million people are without coverage, including many who are employed. Millions more are underinsured and run the risk of bankruptcy if they're unfortunate enough to face catastrophic medical bills. Employers are contributing less to premiums, leaving workers to foot a greater share of the insurance bill at a time when premium increases have far outpaced wage growth.
Why can't the richest nation in the world provide health coverage to all its people? In this special report, we examine the rising anxiety over our patchwork system of providing health insurance and look at some of the current ideas in the public and private sector to fix it:
Special Message Board Event
Read expert commentary from Dr. Jacob Hacker, author of The Great Risk Shift, and Bianca DiJulio, policy analyst with the Kaiser Family Foundation, and discuss your concerns about health insurance on our special Health Insurance Anxiety message board.
Heard on the Boards: Concerns over Coverage
Monster members and experts have posted a number of questions and voiced a wide range of concerns about health insurance -- read and respond:
