Lack of health insurance an epidemic - what should be done? Nearly 16 percent of Americans -- about 47 million people -- are uninsured. According to a story last year in USAToday, the people without health insurance aren't just the poor -- they are all of us. Medical bills are the cause of more than half of all personal bankruptcies in the United States. Access to health insurance and health care that is safe and affordable is easily the biggest domestic crisis facing us.
