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Inflation and money woes are forcing Americans to delay medical care : Shots
Substitute teacher Crystal Clyburn, 51, doesn’t have health insurance. She got her blood pressure checked at a health fair in Sarasota, Fla. Stephanie Colombini/WUSF hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Colombini/WUSF Substitute teacher Crystal Clyburn, 51, doesn’t have health insurance. She got her blood pressure checked at a health fair in Sarasota, Fla. Stephanie Colombini/WUSF At a health-screening event in Sarasota, Florida, people milled around a parking lot waiting their turn for blood pressure or diabetes checks. The event was held in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood, a historically Black community. Local resident Tracy Green, 54, joined the line outside a pink and white bus offering free mammograms. “It’s a blessing, because some…
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Too many insured patients delay dental care for out-of-pocket costs
Dr. Matthew Cohlmia Individuals who fork out monthly rates for dental coverage count on that insurance plan to spend for their dental care. Sadly, I have viewed that this is not usually the case, producing big difficulties for patients. The Oklahoma Legislature can present the solution by necessitating that at the very least 85{a5ceed037b574a4d8c6b44a0a7290437cee40655417128da3b56d864fe64414f} of patients’ dental insurance policy premium bucks are invested on patient dental care. I appear to have this discussion far much too often with a lot of patients. After procedure options have been considered and identified for the patient’s very best interest, the same worry is brought up by them, “I just really do not recognize why my insurance pays so…