I’ve watched the health care debate with interest since twenty years ago I was pregnant and uninsured – dependent on free clinics and the local charity hospital for health care. Things got worse when I lost both my husband and my job – but conversely, in terms of health care, better… because I then qualified for Medicaid. Since then I’ve often had insurance, but not always. Thanks to university/charity hospitals and free clinics, I’ve always had access to doctors. Generally at the first visit, I was given medication but refills were less accessible. Since then, prescription medications for people who can’t afford them are easier to come by. The system isn’t perfect, and there’s always room for improvement. But new medicines are being created all the time, and access to them is far better than it used to be.
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Unfortunately, no one in politics (up on the hill at any rate) is interested in hearing stories like yours. They can’t get kickbacks if they can’t route the system the way they want it.
Indeed. I didn’t mention how hard it was to find an obstetrician – and this is back in 1989 – who accepted Medicaid. However, once I found one, it was a good deal easier to go to his private office, like any other doctor’s appointment, than to go downtown and wait all day at Charity Hospital. The difference was, he suffered the burden of my “free” healthcare by allowing me to access the private system though he was barely paid his costs, instead of me suffering the burden by having to be inconvenienced by much longer waits, a far more crowded system, and a less clean and congenial environment. Bottom line: somebody always pays, one way or another.