As it is now, the rich have the
greatest medical choices, and the services diminish with decreasing
income. For those who have no job or are self employed, they can't
afford doctors at all. It is not right when someone with no insurance
is CHARGED a higher fee than someone with insurance. A fee should be a
fee and should be uniform throughout a practice.
I've rarely gone to the doctor, but when I had no health insurance, the
doctor's office cost only $32, and he gave me enough free samples to treat
my sinus infection. Of course if I'd had to go into the hospital, I'd be
bankrupt.
My mother has Medicare, and she gets the best medical care. They will send
her for any test they think she needs, keep her in the hospital or rehab
center as long as they think she needs it, have lots of after-care...nurses
and therapists come to her house to work with her. It never costs her a cent
(she also has Blue Cross, which pays out far less than the $200/month she
pays for it). I don't see how she could get better care, short of hiring a
live-in doctor. I signed up for Medicaid (so I don't get forced into
something by Obamacare)...from what I understand, I would get the same
treatment that my mother gets. So at least the old and the very poor get
good medical care :-)
Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
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