This was a great post and I wanted to expand on the issue of so many people who go without health care. A survey was conducted, regarding the increase in health care coverage since the Affordable Care Act [ACA] was passed, calculating an increase in coverage who were previously uninsured. This survey found that 22 percentage of those with coverage now did not have coverage prior to the ACA (Schoen, Doty, Robertson, & Collins, 2011) This estimates to be around 81 million people who are now insured. However, there are still groups that remain uninsured due to populations located within poverty areas. This also includes a higher risk of being uninsured for young adults and Hispanics. I also feel that even though the ACA is supposed to be affordable
