With all the rhetoric bandied about these days regarding health care reform, it’s sometimes hard to find the nuggets of truth hidden in the mud-slinging. Do I know the truth? Not necessarily, but what I do know is that I have no health insurance for myself, my husband, or my children. I also have a bankruptcy in my past, filed specifically because of medical bills. While there is controversy regarding the percentage of bankruptcies filed because of medical bills, according to factcheck.org we know that at least 27% and as high as 46.2% are related to lack of insurance. (Robertson) There is debate about individual financial responsibility contributing to these bankruptcies, but I can tell you, from personal experience, I would never have had to file bankruptcy if not for medical bills. My illness broke me financially, and became a lesson in humility.

As a single mother for almost 10 years, my children had space medical coverage. Some may think less of me because of this, but I was always grateful for the help and I used it sparingly. When I married my husband, they lost that coverage. I don’t mind not getting state medical, but I effort constantly about my children. A couple years ago, my youngest contracted a severe sinus infection Between the doctor’s visit and the medication, it cost us about $250 out of pocket. When I took both boys in for dental check ups this last winter, after the cleanings and the fillings, it cost around $700. I can afford bills like this once in a while, but not every month.

Every month, you might ask? Yes, every month, because that’s what it would cost for us to retract our own insurance, as I discovered when comparing plans and quotes on ehealthinsurance.com. A Group Health 1500 Balance Concept for a family of four would cost $699 per month. And don’t forget that dental is extra. As shrimp business owners we have no insurance offered through work, and the types of rates we would have to pay for anything other than catastrophic insurance would be our highest monthly expense, next to our mortgage. Yet as small business owners, one of our biggest expenditure is taxes, and this gets paid even if we don’t bring home a paycheck. Many people think that owning your own business means more money in your pocket, but the truth is very different. And the bottom line is, we simply can’t afford to lift our fill medical coverage. There is no benefit for families like mine; we are quintessential middle class Americans.

Which brings us to two key questions: What is the real quandary with our health care system? What is the solution?

Let’s address the problems first. Why is our health care system broken? There is a lot of talk about those with insurance paying for those who don’t, pharmaceutical lobbying, high insurance premiums, and sky high administrative costs. This is supposed to cause high medical bills, lack of insurance for many or a number of people being under-insured, and inadequate treatment. Many people feel health care should be available to all, regardless of income or coverage. Socialized medicine, in the manner of Canada and England. Opponents say that the level of service will radically decline if we move to government run medical. Some people believe that if we had more preventative care, health care costs would drop. Others say not so; preventative care for all would cost more than treating those few with serious illnesses. With so many conflicting views, how do we find the reality of the issue? And even if I look for figures and statistics, how can I be sure the source isn’t manipulating them to their advantage? It can be difficult to find unprejudiced information. If you are looking for spruce information, I suggest websites like factcheck.org, and politifact.com.

We addressed some of the problems. Now let’s witness at the reality of some of these issues.

How noteworthy are the insured paying for those who are uninsured? Known as cost-shifting, politifact.com acknowledges that this does happen. While there is some debate as to what the actual cost is, the closest figures show that a family pays about $1100 more annually and individuals about $368 annually to shroud the costs incurred by the uninsured. However, the same report states that doctors and hospitals absorb much of the cost of the uninsured as well. (Richert) Which all leads to higher medical bills for everyone.

What about the pharmaceutical companies? According to Wikipedia, the pharmaceutical industry spends more than any other industry lobbying for their cause. What do they get for it? Well, the industry does get subsidies from the federal government, but why spend money to get money? No, it can’t be the subsidies alone. How about killing off measures that would cap prices or create competition? What about the tax breaks? This industry has reached so far into government that they are able to influence officials who can influence officials in other countries. All of this combines to contribute to their profit margin, and creates a sort of monopoly. The high cost of drugs is absorbed by the general public. And when you find out that the United States is one of a few countries that doesn’t regulate drug costs, it burns a little. (Ismail) It all smacks of manipulation, dishonesty and corruption. it becomes obvious that this industry needs to be regulated, and our government should allow a little competition in. Control the cost of drugs, and it will add to lower spending on health care in general.

The next assure is high insurance premiums. We know already that high insurance premiums are due in section to paying for the uninsured. But is this the only reason for the high costs? Absolutely not. Unnecessary procedures performed for liability purposes drive up costs. Lack of preventative care leading to more serious medical issues and higher medical bills adds to the problems too. Being female adds to higher rates. And, bringing us to my last point, high administrative costs. (Howard) According to the National Coalition on Health Care, $186 billion dollars alone is spent on administrative costs. This accounts for almost 9% of spending on health care in the United States. All of these issues approach together to make paying those premiums more and more difficult for the middle class.

This all lead to the main question: How can we fix the health care system?

About 18%, or 46 million Americans have no insurance. (nchc) Another estimated 25 million are underinsured and would not be able to prevent financial hardship were they to become seriously ill or hurt. (Abelson) This means about 26% of Americans are in need of adequate health coverage.

What if catastrophic insurance was available to everyone? A government funded program, that would help with hardship cases. Everyone is responsible for their own medical bills up to, perhaps, $10,000. After that, the government program kicks in. Most people could pay off $10,000, but not $250,000. In this way, catastrophic illnesses or injuries would be covered. A small yearly fee could be assessed for this service and attached to your tax return, also giving you the opportunity to decline the program.

In our station, we have non-profit community clinics that provide medical and dental services to families and individuals, regardless of ability to pay. (www.chas.org) They use a sliding fee scale to bill for services, and let you build payments. These clinics are a good source of preventative care at economical prices. I employ them myself for yearly checkups that I otherwise would not be able to afford. The people working in these clinics are helpful, caring and community minded. The creation of more clinics like these throughout the nation would support raise the level of preventative care offered, lower emergency room visits, which in turn could affect insurance premiums.

I mentioned previously that the pharmaceutical industry spent more money on lobbying that any other industry out there, but guess who’s next in line? If you said the insurance industry, you’re right! The number one reason they lobby? Their strong opposition to a government provided health care option. Why do they fear this? Decline in profits, of course, and possibly the demise of their entire industry. (opensecrets.org) They are, after all, a for-profit industry, and beholden to their shareholders. And they have no true competition.

We must create competition. Remember the days of price wars? In a free market, the best value and service always wins. But when the bottom line, the profit margin, becomes the number one priority, value and service are lost. As small business owners, my husband and I pride ourselves on a quality product and superb service. If we gave that up, the customers would go to someone else. Why aren’t insurance companies held to the same standard?

I don’t know if government provided health care is the answer to this problem. I do know the debate has become convoluted and confusing to the average person, and gross exaggerations have been presented from both sides of the argument. I do know that I believe health care should be available to everyone. I do know that countries with socialized medicine, like Canada and England, while not perfect, have been misrepresented by many. (snopes.com) I do know that as a parent, I want to be able to protect and care for my children. I do know that the health care system we have right now is not working for a quarter of our population. I do know that if things stay the same as they are right now, it will only catch worse. (nchc) I do know that honesty and integrity and concern for the general welfare of the people seems to be lost in all the propaganda. I do know that there doesn’t seem to be any easy answers.

Recently, my family has been presented with an opportunity to make a change in our business affairs. This change will finally provide us with the resources to obtain medical coverage for our family. I can tell you that this gives me a mammoth sense of relief, almost as though I’d been holding my breath for the last five years. I will be able to take my kids in for check-ups and finally get my husband to go get a physical. I can let some of the worry go. But I can’t help but think of all the people, customers/neighbors/friends, who are still holding their breath. They are why this grunt is so distinguished and why reform must happen.

Sources

Lori Robertson – What is the percentage of total personal bankruptcies caused by health care bills? – www.factcheck.org

Catharine Richert – Barbara Boxer claims that it costs $1,100 per person to cover the uninsured – www.politifact.com

wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_Industry

M. Asif Ismail – Drug Lobby Second to None – projects.publicintegrity.org

Robert Farley – Medicare spends $15 billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies – politifact.com

www.opensecrets.org

Beth Howard – 5 reasons health insurance costs are so high - msnbc.msn.com

www.nchc.org

Reed Abelson – Ranks of Underinsured Are Rising, Study Finds – www.nytimes.com

www.chas.org

www.snopes.com

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Since she has a history of seizures, she has to go to the doctors office twice a year for routine checkups. She has to have a blood work up done each time she goes into the doctor so they can sustain track of her kidney function due to the medication she is on.

The doctors office visit would cost about $80 each time and around $100 for the blood work-up without insurance. Then every three years she has to have a sleep deprivation test. That test costs between $800 and $1000. I don’t remember the right amount that I saw on the sheet we acquire from the insurance company.

Then there are those who spend set funded insurance through their local SRS. The medical coverage for those people is honest as dreadful sometimes than the elderly who are on medicare solely. They have to visit obvious doctors and go to determined hospitals and file paper work that takes forever to rep processed in some cases.

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I have been insured and I have been uninsured. I have lived both worlds, and I know what it is like to have to misfortune about getting sick. Too many Americans live their daily lives shy about getting sick because they do not know how they will financially be able to handle such an event. We must provide an option for those who are not able to get health insurance privately or through their employer. There are nearly 50 million uninsured Americans according to the US Census Bureau, and likely millions more who are not being counted.

My family never had mighty money. My mother and stepfather raised me, and we never had health insurance throughout my life. My mother worked as a self employed housekeeper, and my stepfather worked in construction. Normally the spot was that they made “too distinguished money” to qualify for Medicare, and not enough money to be able to afford health insurance through a private company. Neither of those occupations offered health insurance, and we could never afford to prefer insurance privately. I did manage to catch on SCHIP (Set Children’s Health Insurance Program), which in Georgia is called Peachcare, as a teenager when my parents lost some of their income. This is one of the few times in my life that I had the aid of being insured, and that was thanks to the government. Unfortunately at the age of 19 I was booted from SCHIP.

It was shortly after I was booted from SCHIP that I suffered a major car accident. I was driving to work from college in the rain and hydroplaned. My truck spun out of control on the highway and I went into the oncoming lane of traffic. A semi-truck side swiped me and demolished my vehicle. I was taken to the emergency room by ambulance. Luckily everything turned out OK (except for the fact that I had no vehicle as I could only afford liability automotive insurance, and had no health insurance either). The medical bills accumulated in my mailbox daily. I never knew until that time how considerable the costs of medical services truly were. When I discovered that my short ambulance sail was going to cost me nearly $800, I was astonished. I racked up over $5,000 in medical bills, and there was no scheme I could pay them. Health care reform opponents might assure you that I did in fact receive “free health care” as I never paid those medical bills. However, as most rational people know – those services were not free – not to me and not to you. My credit was ruined at the age of 19. I was working hard and paying my plot through college, and I could not even gain a exiguous loan for a worn car to replace the one that was totaled.

I was lucky enough later on in college to land a marvelous management dwelling in California and accumulate health insurance through my employer. Unfortunately due to the economic recession my company sold and I was laid off four years later, and found myself uninsured again. I did not qualify for COBRA extension insurance because I moved out-of-state abet to where my family was which was considered “out-of-network” (this was valuable for me to be able to halt afloat). I’m now working again, and have access to health insurance, but the point is that many Americans salvage themselves in my same region, for considerable longer. What does a 19 year obsolete with gross income parents (who works and puts him/herself through college) do when they find sick? They do what I did; they go to our emergency rooms and rack up debt that will haunt them for years to near. Debt that also contributes to the skyrocketing costs of our health care system. Debt that will be passed along to those who are lucky enough to have insurance, raising their premiums and lowering their standard of care.

Sometimes even the “insured” gather themselves without many options. High deductible health insurance plans leave many individuals paying thousands of dollars out of pocket before their insurance kicks in. Often the insured rep that distinct procedures aren’t covered under their insurance policies because they had clear “pre-existing” conditions making them ineligible. The health insurance companies have one thing in mind – and that is profits. I do understand the reservations some have in allowing the government to speed another program. However, we all know greed is what has gotten us to where we are today – and the only option we have at this point is to force competition upon the health insurance industry.

The “public option” is essential to achieving sincere health care reform. Imagine 50,000,000 people with the opportunity to seize health insurance at affordable rates. Honest imagine those 50,000,000 people not crowding our emergency rooms with minor ailments because many doctor’s offices will not recall uninsured patients. Imagine the billions of dollars in savings yearly from the reduction of unpaid medical bills. We may not have to imagine grand longer. If having a government-run “public” insurance option has ever been a possibility, it is now. President Barack Obama has vowed his attend for a public option, as have many Democrats in Congress. Of course, the health care industry is spreading misinformation and trying to extinguish the public option. Of course some Democrats are leaning toward settling for watered down reform, and most Republicans will not vote for health care reform no matter what is in the package. It is now up to the people. The people must examine sincere health care reform, and that means demanding the public option.

I have been insured and I have been uninsured. I have lived both worlds, and I know what it is like to have to misfortune about getting sick. Too many Americans live their daily lives timorous about getting sick because they do not know how they will financially be able to handle such an event. We must provide an option for those who are not able to derive health insurance privately or through their employer. There are nearly 50 million uninsured Americans according to the US Census Bureau, and likely millions more who are not being counted.

My family never had noteworthy money. My mother and stepfather raised me, and we never had health insurance throughout my life. My mother worked as a self employed housekeeper, and my stepfather worked in construction. Normally the plight was that they made “too considerable money” to qualify for Medicare, and not enough money to be able to afford health insurance through a private company. Neither of those occupations offered health insurance, and we could never afford to win insurance privately. I did manage to rep on SCHIP (Spot Children’s Health Insurance Program), which in Georgia is called Peachcare, as a teenager when my parents lost some of their income. This is one of the few times in my life that I had the abet of being insured, and that was thanks to the government. Unfortunately at the age of 19 I was booted from SCHIP.

It was shortly after I was booted from SCHIP that I suffered a major car accident. I was driving to work from college in the rain and hydroplaned. My truck spun out of control on the highway and I went into the oncoming lane of traffic. A semi-truck side swiped me and demolished my vehicle. I was taken to the emergency room by ambulance. Luckily everything turned out OK (except for the fact that I had no vehicle as I could only afford liability automotive insurance, and had no health insurance either). The medical bills accumulated in my mailbox daily. I never knew until that time how mighty the costs of medical services truly were. When I discovered that my short ambulance prance was going to cost me nearly $800, I was astonished. I racked up over $5,000 in medical bills, and there was no plot I could pay them. Health care reform opponents might say you that I did in fact receive “free health care” as I never paid those medical bills. However, as most rational people know – those services were not free – not to me and not to you. My credit was ruined at the age of 19. I was working hard and paying my draw through college, and I could not even regain a miniature loan for a broken-down car to replace the one that was totaled.

I was lucky enough later on in college to land a superb management status in California and catch health insurance through my employer. Unfortunately due to the economic recession my company sold and I was laid off four years later, and found myself uninsured again. I did not qualify for COBRA extension insurance because I moved out-of-state serve to where my family was which was considered “out-of-network” (this was primary for me to be able to cease afloat). I’m now working again, and have access to health insurance, but the point is that many Americans net themselves in my same site, for distinguished longer. What does a 19 year passe with indecent income parents (who works and puts him/herself through college) do when they score sick? They do what I did; they go to our emergency rooms and rack up debt that will haunt them for years to advance. Debt that also contributes to the skyrocketing costs of our health care system. Debt that will be passed along to those who are lucky enough to have insurance, raising their premiums and lowering their standard of care.

Sometimes even the “insured” gather themselves without many options. High deductible health insurance plans leave many individuals paying thousands of dollars out of pocket before their insurance kicks in. Often the insured glean that clear procedures aren’t covered under their insurance policies because they had determined “pre-existing” conditions making them ineligible. The health insurance companies have one thing in mind – and that is profits. I do understand the reservations some have in allowing the government to urge another program. However, we all know greed is what has gotten us to where we are today – and the only option we have at this point is to force competition upon the health insurance industry.

The “public option” is considerable to achieving true health care reform. Imagine 50,000,000 people with the opportunity to win health insurance at affordable rates. Unbiased imagine those 50,000,000 people not crowding our emergency rooms with minor ailments because many doctor’s offices will not hold uninsured patients. Imagine the billions of dollars in savings yearly from the reduction of unpaid medical bills. We may not have to imagine mighty longer. If having a government-run “public” insurance option has ever been a possibility, it is now. President Barack Obama has vowed his encourage for a public option, as have many Democrats in Congress. Of course, the health care industry is spreading misinformation and trying to demolish the public option. Of course some Democrats are leaning toward settling for watered down reform, and most Republicans will not vote for health care reform no matter what is in the package. It is now up to the people. The people must ask valid health care reform, and that means demanding the public option.

Your health insurance needs literally skyrocket once you intertwine your life with others’ by starting a family and whether yours is a stale one, a single parent one or one you’re adopting, there are a few things that you’ll need to know about the road ahead. Finding an appropriate family health care concept is going to be crucial simply because there’s microscopic to nothing that provides security better than peace of mind.

Accidents happen, especially inside active families and if your spouse or child children were to topple ill or be injured, the burdens of mounting medical bills could lickety-split become insurmountable. That’s why taking the time to consume and seize a family-oriented health care coverage should be at the top of any current household’s priority list.

The younger the family, the more time they tend to expend in their doctor’s offices, so health insurance goes from the luxury it might’ve been attend in college to a must have. So grand so that one of the most often cited reasons for switching or staying with employers is whether or not a new workplace provides health benefits.

Even if you‘re required to pay a section of your plan’s premiums, group health care benefits are a less expensive option than being forced to derive affordable healthcare on your contain. Especially considering that the average health insurance covered employee pays unprejudiced twenty percent of the total costs of their medical care.

But when a group thought isn’t available, even trying to determine which sort of health care coverage to catch then coordinating that coverage between two working parents, can be quite a challenge. There really are no substitutes for studying the on hand options carefully, asking every interrogate you can contemplate of then getting as many objective quotes as you possibly can before deciding on an indemnity carrier.

For many younger families, finding HMO, PPO or alternate managed care coverage turns out to be their most inexpensive option, but that doesn’t mean that consumers won’t need to compare the flexibility and costs of the plans they’re offered.

If it happens that you’re both self-employed and the sole provider for your family, then you’ll definitely need a health insurance for dinky business belief, because not only your children and family but your business and your workforce depend on your continued well-being.

Health insurance plans structured specifically to address the needs of microscopic business are also a perk that can benefit you attract quality employees. Objective as with health insurance coverage for families, the monthly expenses associated with a health benefits package for a puny business can vary substantially from one indemnity carrier to the next, so any time that you use doing research will definitely be time well spent.

Many web sites that offer family health insurance plans accomplish doing comparisons easy because they allow you to specify your monthly limit and then give you information that allows you to do a point-by-point comparison.

When you’re searching for an affordably-priced family health insurance plan:

• Carefully judge each opinion offer’s out-of-pocket expenditure limits in as well as its deductibles.
• Make obvious that you’ve accurately calculated your monthly household budget.
• Be 100% not to forget to figure in the value you’ll position on your peace of mind.
• Find out if which health concept offers shroud prescription purchases.
• Get comparisons of abet package’s premiums, deductibles, co-insurance rates, lifetime and out-of-pocket limits.
• If you’re considering plans with proscribed care physician’s networks, don’t forget to check to acquire out if your common general practitioners are in its Doctor’s Directory.
• Consider taking on a higher deductible if you’ve choose that a particularly fine health conception won’t otherwise meet your budget. Or, if your family is unable to afford it then at the very least, grasp into a catastrophic loss health care understanding.

If you don’t currently carry a family health insurance conception for reasons of expense, they can be far more affordable and more distinguished than many of us might mediate. So, while you’re shopping for family-oriented health insurance coverage, try and remember that in the kill, what you’ll be paying for is your acquire peace of mind and that if there were anything more precious to you than your spouse or children you wouldn’t have found your arrangement here in the first position.

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Your health insurance needs literally skyrocket once you intertwine your life with others’ by starting a family and whether yours is a musty one, a single parent one or one you’re adopting, there are a few things that you’ll need to know about the road ahead. Finding an appropriate family health care thought is going to be crucial simply because there’s petite to nothing that provides security better than peace of mind.

Accidents happen, especially inside active families and if your spouse or child children were to topple ill or be injured, the burdens of mounting medical bills could fleet become insurmountable. That’s why taking the time to occupy and grasp a family-oriented health care coverage should be at the top of any current household’s priority list.

The younger the family, the more time they tend to consume in their doctor’s offices, so health insurance goes from the luxury it might’ve been benefit in college to a must have. So great so that one of the most often cited reasons for switching or staying with employers is whether or not a modern workplace provides health benefits.

Even if you‘re required to pay a part of your plan’s premiums, group health care benefits are a less expensive option than being forced to secure affordable healthcare on your occupy. Especially considering that the average health insurance covered employee pays objective twenty percent of the total costs of their medical care.

But when a group notion isn’t available, even trying to settle which sort of health care coverage to rep then coordinating that coverage between two working parents, can be quite a challenge. There really are no substitutes for studying the on hand options carefully, asking every inquire you can reflect of then getting as many impartial quotes as you possibly can before deciding on an indemnity carrier.

For many younger families, finding HMO, PPO or alternate managed care coverage turns out to be their most inexpensive option, but that doesn’t mean that consumers won’t need to compare the flexibility and costs of the plans they’re offered.

If it happens that you’re both self-employed and the sole provider for your family, then you’ll definitely need a health insurance for puny business conception, because not only your children and family but your business and your workforce depend on your continued well-being.

Health insurance plans structured specifically to address the needs of petite business are also a perk that can back you attract quality employees. Fair as with health insurance coverage for families, the monthly expenses associated with a health benefits package for a microscopic business can vary substantially from one indemnity carrier to the next, so any time that you utilize doing research will definitely be time well spent.

Many web sites that offer family health insurance plans fabricate doing comparisons easy because they allow you to specify your monthly limit and then give you information that allows you to do a point-by-point comparison.

When you’re searching for an affordably-priced family health insurance plan:

• Carefully contemplate each conception offer’s out-of-pocket expenditure limits in as well as its deductibles.
• Make clear that you’ve accurately calculated your monthly household budget.
• Be 100% not to forget to figure in the value you’ll plot on your peace of mind.
• Find out if which health notion offers shroud prescription purchases.
• Get comparisons of abet package’s premiums, deductibles, co-insurance rates, lifetime and out-of-pocket limits.
• If you’re considering plans with proscribed care physician’s networks, don’t forget to check to catch out if your well-liked general practitioners are in its Doctor’s Directory.
• Consider taking on a higher deductible if you’ve decide that a particularly delicate health view won’t otherwise meet your budget. Or, if your family is unable to afford it then at the very least, lift into a catastrophic loss health care opinion.

If you don’t currently carry a family health insurance idea for reasons of expense, they can be far more affordable and more notable than many of us might assume. So, while you’re shopping for family-oriented health insurance coverage, try and remember that in the waste, what you’ll be paying for is your gain peace of mind and that if there were anything more precious to you than your spouse or children you wouldn’t have found your scheme here in the first status.

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