As there is so much out there in forms
of government run healthcare why should we change the way we look at
America? You look at the Colorado
Indigent Care Program (CICP) which is a fund set up by the state and federal
government to help supplement the uninsured, low income people in the state. Where
do we find this program? What does it
cover? Why is this important? There are
many facilities that are coordinated with this program although many people
have a hard time excepting this help. This program offers people a sliding scale fee
program that will help some get coverage with their basic needs like inpatient
hospital care, primary care and prescription drugs. This appears to be straight
forward but there are still many questions about how this program is run.
According to the chart, CICP Maximum Income Guidelines for 2012, you can infer the
gross annual income of the complete family, setting the guidelines for how much
you can make while still qualify for CICP.
|
Family
Size
|
Annual
Income
|
Monthly
Income
|
|
1
|
$27,225
|
$2,269
|
|
2
|
$36,775
|
$3,065
|
|
3
|
$46,325
|
$3,860
|
|
4
|
$55,875
|
$4,656
|
Maybe if we looked at
what government offers now we can learn by what corruption is out there. Look at Medicaid and Medicare and how poorly
they are run. People are always
complaining that they don’t have enough doctors and hospitals that serve these
plans. People are always complaining
that their medications are too expensive.
So what are we to look forward to in this new health care system? Will we be in the same shape that we are in
now not being able to afford the premiums, the copayments or our basics to keep
ourselves healthy? What is going to
happen to the seniors that are too old to be served or just too expensive to
keep them healthy? There are so many
questions and so many unanswered ideas of where to go and where we have come
from. Are we going to learn from other
governments mistakes or make bigger ones ourselves? We have a lot of knowledge going in as we are
able to learn from our predecessors but are we willing to be open minded in
finding out where we should be or will we let pride come into it?
Works Cited
Thanks for writing about CICP. It's been a lifesaver for me, as I qualify for the program since I make less than $27,000, and I have significant medical expenses due to a preexisting condition I have had since birth.
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