Don't get sick in America

Do you have health insurance? Good! I don't and lots of other people just like your friend and neighbors don't either. Drugs companies advertise on television about how they are helping Americans without insurance coverage. Sure! Have you tried any of these plans? And more important, do you really believe that these drug companies are doing it because themn care...or are they doing it because they know what the could lose within a reformed medical coverage system in America.

America's health system is in crisis, leaving out too many and costing too much. 47 million Americans lack health insurance. Millions more are struggling to pay premiums that are growing five times faster than wages, but still seeing their benefits shrink. While some Americans have access to the most sophisticated medical care in the world, others are left to overcrowded emergency rooms, under-funded clinics, or no health care at all - all because they lack the insurance it takes to provide for the care they need. This is wrong. It violates America's deep, long-standing commitment to fairness for all of our citizens - old and young, weak and strong. Unlocking our health care system's potential for everyone in America is the great moral challenge of our time. Center for American Progress Health Policy Director Karen Davenport explains what's at stake as President Bush prepares to deliver his final State of the Union address in ASK THE EXPERT, CAP's new video feature. This video was produced over a year ago and not much has changed.