If you had to sum up the problems of American health care
in two words, they would be "cost" and "coverage". The country spends 16%
of its GDP on health. Yet a six of the population lacks medical
62．______ coverage. Most Americans receive health
insurance through their employer. The government picks up the bill for the
elder and the poor. 63．______ But an estimating
47 million people fall through cracks — a number
64．______ that is rising as premiums (保险金) soar.
Because so many people should be without medical coverage in
65．______ the world’s richest
country is a disgrace. It spoils the lives of the uninsured, who are unable
to get access with affordable treatment at an early age. And it casts a
shadow of fear well beyond, to America’s middle classes who worry about not
their jobs but their healthcare
66．______ benefits as well. It is also grossly inefficient. Hospitals are
forced, by law, to help anyone who arrived in the emergency
room.
67．______ Since those with insurance coverage usually cannot pay for that
car, 68．______ the bill is passed on
everyone else, driving up premiums. Higher premiums, by turn, swell the ranks
of the uninsured.
69．______ Breaking that spiral would
be a big step towards fixing American healthcare. And it is one that
politicians at last seem ready to get. Not 70．______ in
Washington, where reform is still stalled (延误) by an argument between
conservatives, who think more about consumer choice, with
71．______ those on the left, who think government
intervention is the answer. Instead, state governors are taking the lead.