Are you considering health care for those individuals who have chronic illnesses like ulcerstive colitis?
September 2nd, 2008 Posted in ibd-qa
Tags: Adult, Advocate, Chronic Condition, Chronic Illnesses, Full Time, Health Care, Insurance, Lifetime, Stressor
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:10 am
Due to the dramatic affect that health care services have on all of the inhabitants of the United States, the costs for each service needs to be regulated by our government. Every other industrialized country regulates their health care costs and so should we. If we continue down our present path, healthcare costs will soar without limitation.
In the United States, we pay, at the very least, 2x as much as any other industrialized country (http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/pr… and the only way for this to change is for the government to step in and regulate this vital service.
(ex. An MRI should not cost upwards of 4000 for a single use… But in actuality, they can charge as much as they want because it is not regulated.)
September 4th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I really don’t have any answer for you. I also suffer from uc, and have asked the same question. I am not sure how reliable the answer is, but I have been told that if you are beyond the first year of diagnosis make sure to write on the insurance form when your last flare up was. It is more expensive for any insurance company the 1st year after any diagnosis as that is usually when all the tests are being done. After the first year it shouldn’t be impossible to get insurance although more difficult than someone who doesn’t have a chronic condition.
I wish you and your daughter success with this and I truly feel for her situation. Sometimes it is hard to believe we live in such a wonderful and rich country that considers health care to be a privilege and not a right.