Originally Posted by
iPilot
Indeed, if people pass up routine exams then small and cheap problems can quickly turn into big and expensive. One of the biggest problems with our current health care system is un-insured waiting until its dire and then run into the ER. They obviously can't pay the extravagant ER bills and so it falls on the tax payer.
Exactly! It's akin to skipping out on routine car maintenance and before you know it you need you a new engine. I noticed something was slightly wrong with my car a while back but I didn't have the money to get it looked at, now it's gotten to the point where I can't even drive it. Once I bring it into the shop it'll probably be twice as expensive as it would've been. (and I still dont have funds to get it fixed, but that's a diff story.)
Having to think twice about going to the doc due to high cost of insurance is NEVER a good thing. It's not like maintaining your health is a waste, or a luxury or some stupid thing. It's not like people constantly visit doctors for minor stuff for fun and to waste their time, in fact don't most people avoid docs and put that kind of stuff off? That's how they dont detect cancers, etc. until it's too late.