ny times on US healthcare

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/opinion/12sun1.html?em&ex=1187150400&en=81027c4b9b038e39&ei=5087%0A

"The United States, to its shame, has some 45 million people without
health insurance and many more millions who have poor coverage.
Although the president has blithely said that these people can always
get treatment in an emergency room, many studies have shown that
people without insurance postpone treatment until a minor illness
becomes worse, harming their own health and imposing greater costs."