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33% of the 50-75k families and 21% of families over 75k reported problems with healthcare costs. Similar % had issues with insurance cost.
don't you dare be po . . . and expect healthcare . . . at least from doctors
I assume most in the former group have health insurance, yet still have trouble paying their bills. They would really be in trouble if they were saddled with a high-deductible healthcare plan (HDHP).Forty-eight percent of individuals in families earnings between $35,000 and $49,999 said they had either a somewhat serious or very serious problem paying their medical bills in the last two years, according to a study by The Commonwealth Fund. Meanwhile, 50 percent of adults in that income bracket said they had difficulties affording their health insurance.
33% of the 50-75k families and 21% of families over 75k reported problems with healthcare costs. Similar % had issues with insurance cost.
This is actually the most important finding. The common man is finally coming to terms with our horribly flawed 'health'care system. It's a shame the politicians don't have a clue. They are busy focusing on the various lobbyists lining their pockets to realize the primary problem isn't how we finance it (granted that needs serious reform). The primary problem is our approach to healthcare in general and how we choose to execute it . . .The study also found that while people are having difficulties paying for their health services, they are also unsatisfied with them. Forty-two percent of people surveyed said they had experienced poorly coordinated, inefficient or unsafe care at some points during the past two years. Their experiences included a medical error, a duplicate test or the failure to provide important test results to doctors or nurses.
Three-quarters of the adults surveyed said the health care system needs fundamental change or a complete rebuilding.
don't you dare be po . . . and expect healthcare . . . at least from doctors
Overall, the percentage of physicians not accepting new Medicaid patients has risen from about 19.5 in the mid-1990s to about 21 over the past few years. The change was much more pronounced among solo and small group practices.