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Monday, June 11, 2012

Health Care Is Getting So Expensive, Young Adults Would Rather Just Skip It

Who needs silly things like prescriptions and MRIs when health care costs so much? Not the millions of young adults who are skipping necessary care and treatment because of the rising cost of getting medical attention, says a new report.

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not to mention it costs $100 to walk into a doctor's office to get the order for the prescription or MRI.

Single payer is looking more and more like a viable answer to an out of control health care system.

Anonymous said...

That's why we need the mandate that requires everyone to have health insurance. Personal responsibility.

Anonymous said...

health care should be free. paid for by the working.

Anonymous said...

The first two comments clearly demonstrate that most people can't differentiate between health "care" and health "insurance".

LadyLiddy said...

Anon 4:00 - I think what they are trying to say is that health "insurance" does NOT pay for health "care".

Anonymous said...

Young adults just figure if they get really sick they will declare bankruptcy on the bills or someone will hold a fundraiser.

Anonymous said...

Especially frustrating if you work for PRMC. Although thankful to have insurance, you would think they would offer top ~ notch health benefits, but they don't.

Anonymous said...

The have also skipped practical concerns like safe sex. Besides the deadly one there are resistant strains of sexually transmitted disease that the young seem to be spreading unconcerned for their own well being or that of their partners .

Anonymous said...

I get really tired of those who have insurance complaining about what they have.
You could be like us and have NO health insurance and not be able to afford it either!
Just for me is almost 1,000 a month! My husband has a pre-existing condition and they don't even want to know he exists!
Obamacare is not the answer but there has to be an answer somewhere!