92 percent of US adults are not going to the doctor – too expensive(independent.co.uk) |
92 percent of US adults are not going to the doctor – too expensive(independent.co.uk) |
For example, it says that 85% of Americans have medical debt. I probably owe a copay or two that gets lost in the mail and I eventually pay. Do I count in that 85%?
She was foolish enough not to take out travel insurance. There was no way she was getting a medevac so a park ranger watched over her for a few days while her body was fighting death.
This is why you should always have travel insurance because outside of Europe the first thing a doctor asks for is a credit card.
Doctors are great at finding "treatable" things. If I'd stayed on all prescribed medication I'd be a wreck now, just from side effects and compliance hell.
I stop medications on a regular basis. I found out on Thanksgiving last year that stopping my BP medication was a real bad idea, and that I was also diabetic enough to need all the management rigmarole that goes with it.
In the mental arena, I'm 100% glad I've stopped all medications, and I feel so mentally good that I can confidently tell my psychiatrist to get stuffed, each and every time, and they really, really give the hard sell on medications there. Sure, I can expect BP and diabetes to put me on meds as I age, but nobody needs psych meds for any good purpose, and there's no relapse or decline that would change my mind.
Anyone who's taking medication or managing chronic illness has no choice. Doctors and pharmacies are the gatekeepers for us, and we either meet with a gatekeeper or we don't get the "treatment that we need". 92% is bullshit, and this is a UK article, so why should I believe anything the UK says about the USA?
What counts for the purposes of ‘medical treatment’? Does getting a quote for plastic surgery and not doing it count as ‘delaying care’?
Whatever polling was done is so broad that it’s meaningless, you might as well claim 100% of people forego medical care.
> if someone has a painful infection or trouble breathing, they’re going to the doctor.
That's not a given at all. I know people who have avoided going to the doctor for painful infections because of the cost. I've done the same myself.
"Trouble breathing" is an interesting thing, because there have been more than one instance in my city of people who didn't avoid going to the doctor but did die because they couldn't afford the ongoing care their conditions required.