Cost

Introduction

Have you had to make a decision about a procedure based on whether or not you could afford it? Have you had trouble affording your prescriptions? Have you had to make a choice between paying for necessary prescriptions and other necessities? Tell us 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 Cost.


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Stories: Cost

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Mentally Ill Adult Child

Submitted by RareHope on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 00:45. cost    quality    access
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...

Submitted by lara on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 17:20. choice    cost    access
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!

Paid the doctor, can't afford the treatment

Submitted by crystal on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 21:39. cost
I scraped together the money to send my son the best specialists, but now we can’t afford the expensive treatment they prescribed.

Policy Recommendations: Cost

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Medicare For All

Submitted by AliceJones on Tue, 07/03/2007 - 14:41. quality    access    choice    cost
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.