Three Ways to Lower the Number of Uninsured Americans

As you have probably heard time after time, there are more than 47 million Americans who do not have health insurance coverage. This is a serious situation, and although many plans have been proposed on the state level, things have yet to get better. That being said, there are three general ways that the number of insured Americans can be brought down to a more reasonable number. While it would be nice for every citizen to have health insurance, at this point any progress would be a huge step in the right direction.

Here are the three most popular options for fixing this problem:

1. Individuals will be responsible for buying their own health insurance. This idea could work, but as you can imagine many people will be against paying for their own coverage. If this fix is going to be implemented, many changes will have to be made to the health care industry as a whole. It appears that Republican presidential nominee John McCain favors this sort of plan. He believes that offering tax credits to individuals and families will allow them to purchase health insurance when not receiving coverage through an employer.
2. Every business should supply health insurance coverage to employees. Many feel that this is the best idea, but once again, some companies are sure to put up a fight unless the government makes it worth their while from a financial point of view.
3. The government should offer health insurance coverage to all Americans. This is more or less a universal system. Although some democrats, including Hillary Clinton, are in favor of this idea, there are obviously some issues that would have to be worked out.

Once the next president takes office, it is safe to say that this problem will be attacked head on. The question is: which method will be the one of choice?