Workers “Living in the Red” from Health Care Costs
Missouri workers are taking a beating from the rising costs of health care. A recent study of working families in St. Louis, detailed in our new report “Living in the Red” showed that more than half of these families had medical debt from unpaid bills to hospitals, pharmacies, doctors or ambulances.
Health insurance doesn’t even protect working families like it used to. In “Living in the Red” we learn that more than half of those families struggling to pay medical bills (52%) were insured at the time the medical debt was incurred.
That’s why Jobs with Justice is commited to the “First Things First” campaign, which calls on our Governor and state legislators to enact comprehensive Health Care reform that:
- Guarantees quality, affordable health coverage for every Missourian whether they are privately insured or covered by a public program.
- Restores Health Coverage to those who were cut in 2005.
- Makes HealthCare for Missouri’s families a priority in 2007 over tax breaks for the wealthy.
