Some articles on challenges involved in living without health insurance in USA; USA does not seem to have low priced medical care options
I think one of the big issues poor people face in the USA is the cost of medical care when one is not covered under health insurance.
In India, health care and associated cost is a big challenge. But in what I have seen in some parts of India, there are doctors, sometimes with less level of medical qualifications, especially in rural India, who charge less for their consultations and perhaps prescribe affordable medicines for most complaints that come to them, thereby making them popular with the poor. Now these doctors may be looked down upon by other better qualified doctors. But the point is that the poor get some level of health care at reasonable cost for most complaints. If the complaint is related to a big disease and/or requires surgery then the cost can become very high, and so the poor get stuck with no proper treatment unless they are able to borrow, what to them would be, large amount of money.
But in the USA I think the poor do not get such low cost health care options. It seems to be either costly but (typically) good medical care which is typically affordable only via health insurance, OR no medical care! But I could be wrong on this.
Given below are some articles on challenges involved in living without health insurance in USA:
What It’s Like Living Without Health Insurance in America, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-03/what-it-s-like-living-without-health-insurance-in-america, 3rd April 2018
Unless you’ve lived without health insurance, you have no idea how scary it is, https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/3/14/14907348/health-insurance-uninsured-ahca-obamacare, 22nd June 2017
This is What Living Without Health Insurance Looks Like, http://www.momtastic.com/health/729317-living-without-health-insurance/, 2018
In India, health care and associated cost is a big challenge. But in what I have seen in some parts of India, there are doctors, sometimes with less level of medical qualifications, especially in rural India, who charge less for their consultations and perhaps prescribe affordable medicines for most complaints that come to them, thereby making them popular with the poor. Now these doctors may be looked down upon by other better qualified doctors. But the point is that the poor get some level of health care at reasonable cost for most complaints. If the complaint is related to a big disease and/or requires surgery then the cost can become very high, and so the poor get stuck with no proper treatment unless they are able to borrow, what to them would be, large amount of money.
But in the USA I think the poor do not get such low cost health care options. It seems to be either costly but (typically) good medical care which is typically affordable only via health insurance, OR no medical care! But I could be wrong on this.
Given below are some articles on challenges involved in living without health insurance in USA:
What It’s Like Living Without Health Insurance in America, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-03/what-it-s-like-living-without-health-insurance-in-america, 3rd April 2018
Unless you’ve lived without health insurance, you have no idea how scary it is, https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/3/14/14907348/health-insurance-uninsured-ahca-obamacare, 22nd June 2017
This is What Living Without Health Insurance Looks Like, http://www.momtastic.com/health/729317-living-without-health-insurance/, 2018
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