Emphasis Preaching Journal
The health-care crisis:
The Political Pulpit
Recent reports indicate that 47 million Americans were without health insurance in the
summer of 2007. That is up from 44.8 million in 2006, which according to the US Census
Bureau was 15.3% of the population. Meanwhile the costs of drugs, hospitalization, and
doctors' visits spiral. Times are tough for the sick or for those trying to stay healthy. But
the drug companies are doing well. Johnson and Johnson reportedly earned $10 billion in
2005, and Phizer with $8 billion in profits did not lag far behind.
