Healthcare Coverage

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their benefits as they have to stay profitable in order to stay in business.. They say must put restrictions and limits on care in order to provide care for the growing number clients as the cost of care increases. That they have to make tough calls so they can provide coverage at all and still make money at it the insurance company says it’s the governments fault that care cost so much and the government says it’s the insurance companies fault.. Mean while, many Americans receive sub standard care and go without care at all.
The number of American’s who have no healthcare coverage grows to all times high. While it use to be affordable to go the family doctor if you had no coverage at all it has now become difficult for anyone without insurance to receive care. It now cost over $120 for a doctor’s visits that requires no test or procedures, in most places in this country so those who have no coverage go without care. They then reach a life threatening situations and find ...

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of care is also an issue with our system. This can take on many forms but two main issues are the lack of care and the time it takes to be seen. In small towns and cities running a hospital has gotten so costly that many have just shut down. Doctors and providers of care have such high overheads that they don’t have enough of a patience base to meet their cost. Those who do have Insurance usually have Medicaid or Medicare and they just don’t pay enough to cover all the cost. Most doctors in large towns can balance their cost be and do by limiting the number of Medicare and Medicaid patience they see to under 10% of their total patience load. This creates a shortage of doctors and even ...

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