Healthcare; it matters to everyone!
Unless medicine receives an overhaul and is completely socialized, for some getting coverage actually means care is nothing more than a faraway dream. Of course, it is those who need it
the most that will suffer. How can I
make such a claim? I have a son with developmental disabilities along with a
convulsive seizure disorder. Until July of 2013, he was lucky enough to have
traditional insurance along with Medicaid coverage provided for people over 21
with serious disabilities or illness.
Due to his illness and changes in the national scope of healthcare, the
group’s rates were rising to impossible heights. Knowing we would be a helpless
cry in the debate about the Nation’s changes in healthcare; the only other
choice was to remove him from the plan. The concept is age old; help one or save
the group. Truthfully, calling it a
choice is a stretch.
Less than two months after the changes, I received notice
from two of his healthcare providers. Both of these critical care specialist’s
clinics are part of a large medical facility and will now only accept traditional policies. Those on the list are with companies they have contractually agreed to accept.
Although this is not an official observation; I noticed those
listed as accepted were providers that were not involved or had opted out of
providing coverage through the exchange in our state. Plainly speaking, in all likelihood your healthcare provider is not accepting insurance purchased through the exchange. This includes medical conglomerations and institutes. These medical entities made
decisions based on business. Healthcare by nature is a monetized business and
without that profit many of us would be dead. The profit is pure and simply the
reason for cures. I’m not claiming to agree with the idea; it is just a fact.
These facts are on the table, I don’t know if it is a
loophole or an issue that the politicians should have projected. Regardless, it
is happening, and I must ask, “Do we really know what we are getting into with
the Affordable Care Act?” I certainly want the sick to be treated, but if
there is a shortage of doctors, who will get treatment?
I watched an interview with several doctors claiming the Affordable
Care Act was going to be a complete failure. After a bit of taunting,
they all agreed they would anxiously await the October 1, 2014 report card to
say “I told you so.” This is not a distant threat from smug
professionals, but is happening now to those that cannot speak for themselves
or perhaps more accurately are not heard through the political rhetoric that
keeps those in charge from hearing and witnessing reality. Oh and what about
the sign in the emergency room claiming no one in an emergency situation will
be denied treatment? Is that a lie?
