It was odd to read this week that the nation's most populous city had a pretty significant issue when it came to health insurance. That is, one in six citizens of the great state of New York walks around without any.

And it gets weirder -- nearly 66 percent of those without health insurance in New York have jobs. Can they not afford health insurance through their employers due to cost? Without digging deeper, that is the easy conclusion.

But then the report from the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene stated that the high cost of medical care was a primary component that prevented 41 percent of New Yorkers with no insurance from seeking medical care when needed. I'm of the mind that the current state of health care in the U.S. will be at the top of the agendas for next year's U.S. presidential election.