That's Fit

While I was visiting family and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday, I happened to pick up a copy of the local newspaper. Inside it were fourteen pages of home foreclosure listings for that week alone. I then turned on CNN and heard a report about an increase in violent crime in some cities. And lastly, I listened intently as relatives spoke of downsizing and rampant layoffs. Inasmuch as these three topics seem to be some of the greatest concerns among Americans these days, statistics show that even more people are concerned with losing their health benefits.

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey study found that 34 percent of Americans are concerned about losing their health care benefits, whereas only 25 percent are concerned with being able to afford housing, 21 percent were afraid of being the victim of violent crime, and 22 percent worried about losing their job.

What's more, the data shows that women are 25 percent more likely than men to worry about losing their health care benefits; something that can possibly be explained by the fact that women tend to visit the doctor's office more often than men (women 58.2 percent -- men 41.8 percent).