Access

Introduction

Have you ever been referred to a specialist only to find that their office is miles away and requires major logistics to get there? This could include child care or work arrangements. Let us know your story. Or click on "Help Write Policy" and write a recommendation about legislation you would like to see passed to change the health care system in our country as it relates to Access.

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Stories: Access

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Mentally Ill Adult Child

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Read more »From our very first experience with the County funded Mental Hospital, it was clear that uninsured mentally ill patients receive poorer quality care than those with insurance, or better yet, those who may have private funding. Since our son is an adult, he is ineligible to be included on our medical insurance, he was unable to work so he had no insurance from a job, and we are a family with two working parents, and still just making ends meet. Paying for his care would have bankrupted us in about a week.

Low rates and low copays- apparently it has to be one or the other...

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Read more »ok- first of all- I was covered when I worked for Horsham and that was ok- money came out of my paycheck but my copays were nice and low. But when I quit Horsham and began waitressing, I had to go on Cobra- which sucked!

Filling out extensive paperwork while squirting blood? pretty uncivilized

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I’ll never forget when my Uncle Billy cut his head open. It was Thanksgiving, we were all playing football in the backyard. He went out for a pass and ran straight into a tree! When we all stopped laughing, we realized that his head was bleeding. Of course, we rushed him to the hospital. I will never forget how he was made to fill out extensive paperwork while his head was squirting blood all over the place. It was ridiculous! Luckily, he had health insurance, but it seemed so uncivilized to put the money first and health after.

Policy Recommendations: Access

All Americans should be required by law to carry health insurance

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All Americans should be required by law to carry health insurance.

A Walk in Clinic for Every Neighborhood

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Every neighborhood and rural area should have a walk-in clinic- especially for pediatrics.

Medicare For All

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Read more »The time has come for we as Americans to realize that our health care system is failing us. In the 1940's we made the fateful decision to have business pay for health care through insurance companies. That decision has led to a business model of money-driven medicine, that looks to the bottom line for success, rather than to the health of American citizens. As a for-profit business, health care costs have risen to a level where even businesses can no longer pay for them.