Hoffman Ch 6 - End

I like the fact that this book gets into the explicit detail of the how many insurance plans ran during this day. For instance, on page 105 the author describes the way the policyholders paid for the services. Insurance plans were set up in such a way that discouraged people from going to the doctor for just a cold or the flu. It was all because the insurance companies were “rationing”. If you ask me, health care should be the last thing you ration. It is how a person stays healthy. Later on, in the 1960s, the government created Medicare to supplement the Social Security Act. The government also enacted Medicaid to help out poor people. With these two systems still in place today, there are still some families that are not covered by any type of health insurance. Hoffman makes it clear that there are still some changes to be made. I definitely agree with this because my mom used to work as a doctor in an undeserved community in North Charleston. Many of these people either had no insurance or were covered by Medicaid. My mother would come home complaining about how sick her patients were because they would wait until they absolutely had to see a doctor.