Last week, we sent an e-mail to you and your fellow Healthcare United caregivers, urging you to submit a healthcare question to Steve Chaggaris, the Political Director of CBS News for the Oct. 15th Presidential Debate.

Already, we’ve received 1,125+ questions from caregivers all over the country, all of which have been sent to Mr. Chaggaris.  

We wanted to share with you a few of our favorites, so far:

One caregiver writes:

“Although health care and insurance are considered one of the most important issues facing the voters, it has largely been overshadowed by the economic failures on Wall Street.  However, healthcare insurance is by and large perhaps the single most likely cause of bankruptcy on Main Street. Washington seems anxious to lend a hand full of money to banks and insurance companies with financial problems, but tends to ignore families and small businesses who struggle every month to pay ever increasing medical coverage premiums with ever decreasing coverage. Many of us are a skipped heartbeat away from financial collapse."

Another asks:

"When was the last time you paid for your own health insurance? How much was your premium for you and your family? Do you know what the average middle class family pays for health care now, including premiums, copays, coinsurance, deductibles, and uncovered care, and what percentage of their income this is?"

And one of our other favorites:

“Our system is currently is dire need of healthcare professionals at all level, but especially bedside nurse. What plan is there for our healthcare needs and staffing needs?  Which candidate would be willing to place his healthcare in the hands of an overworked, understaffed healthcare worker working in a broken down system that is falling apart?”

If you’ve yet to submit your questions to Mr. Chaggaris, click here.  Of course, if you have friends or co-workers who always ask healthcare questions, now’s the time to get them to formally submit them for debate consideration.  Invite them to submit theirs by clicking here!

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