With the cost of providing a professional medical service to American families rising, it is not surprising that many people are looking for an affordable health care provider. Workers are being hit hard by employers anxious to save money on their premiums by reducing cover or passing on the rises in cost. I know this because I am one of those workers; I have a great job and prior to 2006, I also had an amazingly wonderful health care plan. This was a shock to everyone; being told that the health care provider was going to be replaced because the cost was too great.
They said that to have a low cost health care scheme for everyone meant we would have to change companies. I do not doubt that many people will say that I am still doing alright and should not complain. The new insurance company may be cheaper for the company but it is not for me because to have my husband and daughter in the plan costs double what it did with the previous provider. Other than a few exceptions, everyone else seems to benefit from this new arrangement but because I have not had a raise but I am taking a great deal less home so my family can have health cover.
My health care may still be very good despite the fact that the old company was much better than this new one. As far as I and some of my co-workers are concerned, the only real person to benefit form this new *affordable* health care arrangement is my company. You see, four years ago, I gave birth to a little girl and of course my old insurance paid for the whole of my hospital stay. Today, if I had a baby, it would cost me around four thousand dollars for my expenses.
However, that amount is just for the hospital and delivery because I would also have other expenses and that just doesn’t seem fair to the majority that are involved. Fortunately, more affordable health care scheme are being started to help those less fortunate. Options now exist for people that are not supplied with a health provision where they work, and now single mothers have access to plans which they can join; some people can even have free health care. The problem is when a small number of people take advantage of a system that was designed for those that needed it most.
Those less well off are in need of these affordable health care schemes but they are also used by those who are intent on living of the state and do not actually contribute to society. We often forget who is ultimately paying for these schemes; us, the taxpayer. The health plan program my employer found definitely had improved financial benefits for him. Many of the workers found themselves subsidizing the companys desire to save money yet still provide a scheme by ensuring that they paid in their paychecks. We have a responsibility here in America to providing some sort of affordable health care for those that need it most.