Episode 31 – Medical Debt…What Are Your Options and How To Avoid It?

Get Savvy...Demystifying Healthcare · May 31, 2023 · 37m

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People are going without needed care, living in pain with chronic illnesses because they cannot afford medications, and many are going without health insurance overall with the ER as their only option.

I recently had a conversation with someone at a gathering who shared how she needs a monthly inhaler that costs $350 a month. In order to provide for her kids as a single Mom, she uses that inhaler 2-3 times a week to make it last longer. It is prescribed daily to be effective. She claims she wheezes but not as much and when air quality is bad it is a struggle to breathe. She…