Seguros de Saúde nos Estados Unidos da América. Baseado num caso de vida, o New York Times de hoje aborda um tema que vai preocupando um número crescente de Norte Americanos desempregados, ilegais, pobres e… da classe média. Recordo que nos EUA não há um serviço nacional de saúde universal. Um vislumbre do nosso futuro? Convém estar informado e ver como ser profissional liberal, nem rico, nem pobre, pode ser financeiramente perigoso no EUA, particularmente quando uma doença bate à porta.
“Without Health Benefits, a Good Life Turns Fragile”
“(…) Ms. Readling, a 50-year-old real estate agent, is one of nearly 47 million people in America with no health insurance.
Increasingly, the problem affects middle-class people like Ms. Readling, who said she made about $60,000 last year. As an independent contractor, like many real estate agents, Ms. Readling does not receive health benefits from an employer. She tried to buy a policy in the individual insurance market, but — having had cancer — could not obtain coverage, except at a price exceeding $27,000 a year, which was more than she could pay. (…)”
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