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n2doc (37,582 posts) 1 in 4 adults had insurance but still couldn’t afford medical careMore than 1 in 4 adults who bought insurance for themselves or their families last year had to skip needed medical care because they couldn't afford it, according to a study released Thursday by Families USA, a consumer health group. Some signed up for coverage on the new health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act and received financial assistance to help pay their premiums and some of their out-of-pocket costs. Others bought their plans directly from insurance companies. But even with the gains under the health-care law, 25.2 percent of adults who bought insurance on their own last year said they went without medical tests or treatments, prescription drugs or doctor visits because of cost. Because most adults who buy insurance on their own do not have dental care as part of their health coverage, the ability to see a dentist was not included in the main part of the report. But when dental care is added to the mix, it becomes the most common type of care that adults skip because of its cost. more http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/05/14/1-in-4-adults-had-insurance-but-still-couldnt-afford-medical-care/?postshare=5541431691772625
Dont call me Shirley (5,529 posts) 19. Same here.It's time to make the rich pay for the diseases they are causing us to suffer from! To profit from someone's disease is a double tragedy.
CountAllVotes (13,122 posts) 10. Have insuranceProblem is, I cannot find a doctor that wants the likes of me as a patient (disabled with chronic pain). Life is so much fun these days NOT. This whole thing has done me no good at all except costs have tripled on medications.
CountAllVotes (13,122 posts) 13. yeah it truly sucksI'm still looking for a new doctor as I finally faced the fact that the one I've been going to is abusing me and abusing me horribly. Was told by Medicare, my supplemental ins. carrier and the Medicare D carrier (Caremark) to turn said doctor in to the AMA, etc. after I told them what is going on. They've all told me to find a new doctor but no luck so far. 1st question: Are you using any controlled substances? 2nd question: Are you disabled?After I answer these questions I usually get hung-up on. Makes you feel like a piece of total crap, believe me. I don't know what I will do if I run out of medications and find no doctor to refill them. This War on Drugs is doing me no good at all.
daredtowork (2,656 posts) 16. Health insurance costs have ballooned for employers and city governmentsAlso, psychologically, I think the Bronze people need to be receiving a non-copay service or else it will feel like they keep paying for nothing (unless they DO suddenly have an emergency that's covered). This feeling of paying for nothing will build up as hostility toward the system.
My guess is his doc. wasn't providing the drugs he demanded (abuse) and his yapping to everyone in the system about said abusive doctor got around. I expect doctors have made considerable effort to identify drug seeking behavior in potential patients. They get nasty when they don't get their drugs.
They already have a head start, they start out "nasty", and go downhill from there.
And when they get to the bottom of the hill they get a backhoe and start digging.I sometimes think that when their time on Earth is up they won't go like the rest of us... they will just nasty away.
No, no backhoe, that would imply "work".They would DEMAND a government program to provide them with the backhoes, AND operators.Union operators, of course.
The dummies would want to supervise.
