CSPAN Capital News Today July 22, 2009
universal coverage. now, some people who have health insurance and are sitting well in their own financial circumstances wonder why should i care about this? this doesn't affect me. this doesn't affect my family. . but the reality is that each one of us in this country pays a hidden tax right now of $1,200 a year so that people with no health insurance who go to the hospital emergency room and will be given treatment because those hospitals cannot turn them away, somebody pays for that care. and we all pay for it in the form of higher tax burdens and in the form of higher insurance p...