A Collection of Problems with the US Health Care System

Disabled. Georgia. Statement 10206.

Categories: Patient Statements

State:: Georgia

Occupation:: Disabled

I recently moved to GA and have no healthcare coverage. Whenever I try to use the government website, I cannot complete the application for technical reasons. I am in chronic pain, diabetic, and need …

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Accountant/Tax Practitioner. Georgia. Statement 10198.

Categories: Patient Statements

State:: Georgia

Occupation:: Accountant/Tax Practitioner

I have uploaded a copy of my passport and social security card (5) five times; and get a different response each time I call as to processing time; I was told since uploading …

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ICWP Client. Georgia. Statement 10191.

Categories: Patient Statements

State:: Georgia

Occupation:: Georgia ICWP Client

I am a recipient of the Georgia ICWP program that was just informed that my home healthcare for a quadriplegic will be suspended until a meeting is on 11/05/12 by my case …

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Disabled. Georgia. Statement 10190.

Categories: Patient Statements

State:: Georgia

Occupation:: Disabled but not legally

I am a 50 year old woman, worked all my life, worked hard and long. I have become disabled to work and my body has turned against me. Every time I …

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Office Worker. Georgia. Statement 10184.

Categories: Patient Statements

State:: GA

Occupation:: Office worker

There is a lot of waste in our health care system, which causes health insurance to be very expensive, insurance or government paid a lot of money, but people are still not getting …

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Physician. Georgia. Statement 10152.

Categories: Health Care Professional Statements

State:: GA

Occupation:: Physician

Devil is in the Details: Devious Practices by the Insurance Companies Regarding Coverage of Colonoscopies as Colon Cancer Screening.

Everyone agrees that a colonoscopy for colon cancer screening is an important potentially life saving …

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Power of Attorney. Georgia. Statement 10072.

Categories: Patient Statements

Mother in nursing home. I work, tried to take care of her at home, didn’t work. Mother has extended care policy through my deceased fathers company. Great, but you need Demand Denial letters from Medicare and her primary health ins …

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Critical Care Nurse. Georgia. Statement 10031.

Categories: Patient Statements

I have been in Critical care nursing in a 200 bed hospital for sometime now. I never quite understood the insurance problems until I had my own. My husband, 39, has metastatic renal cell carcinoma stage IV. The standard of …

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