The Cost Of Health : Affording Medication

provider tells them too is due to patients being too busy. Often times life is very busy as we all know this but forgetting to take of yourself can have detrimental effects to your health. Some people think they can get better on their own without the help of a doctor so they feel like they will be fine or able to handle any health complication on their own. Another reason is that often people do not understand or they forget what the doctor is telling them about their prescribed treatment regimens and

finding it more difficult to afford their prescription medications. Comparing health care expenditures in the United States, prescription drug costs rank third compared to hospital expenses and physician services (Omojasola, Hernandez, Sansgiry, & Jones, 2012, p. 479). The rising cost of prescription drugs is concerning to many patients. “The high out-of-pocket prescription drug cost is associated with medication non-adherence and adverse health outcomes” Omojasola, et al., 2012, p. 480). Between

programs that provide health insurance for citizens, but there are a few differences between both programs. Medicare is aimed for people who are older than 65 or with severe disabilities regardless of their income and medicaid is for those with really low income. Although, these federal programs help individuals to receive proper health care, there is still an issue growing despite having these coverages and that is affording medication. Since medicaid only covers certain medication and obtaining Medicare

discoveries that surface daily. Unfortunately, here in America, opportunity for access to health care varies widely from citizen to citizen, which can lead to an unhealthy country. There are many ways to promote better health for the American population, a few of which include lowering the cost of health care, making medications more affordable, and offering free health screenings. Being unable to afford proper health care has probably affected every American adult at least once in their lifetime.

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on new medication brands. Secondly, over 161,000 people started treatment for hepatitis C treatment, which is approximately ten times more than the previous year. The third reason is an increase for recent innovative treatment for cancer and autoimmune diseases (IMShealth.com, 2015). With health care spending continuing to rise, Americans have at least three options to help reduce out-of-pocket expenses. Cost-saving methods include switching from brand name drugs to generic medications, discussing

Individuals went to Guatemala, in attempts to live on one dollar a day or less for two months. During this time, medication became necessary as one individual became sick. However, they had to go to the town next to where they were living because their town did not have the medicine. The individuals also had to take extra money out of their emergency funding because they could not afford the medication with the income they were trying to maintain

system: Great Britain, Japan, Germany, or Switzerland. Great Britain and American Health Care Compared 2.  Compare access between the two healthcare systems for children, people who are unemployed, and for people who are retired. Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) covers everyone children, unemployed and retired. There is no payment required. Taxes are higher in Great Britain to cover the medical costs. (Palfreman & Reid, 2008) In America programs such as Medicaid and Medicare exist

afford medications that they need to live a good quality of life and drain their wallets with the need for their diabetic medication. This topic is known by many, especially those who are directly impacted. The information and research being provided in this article are facts given from reliable resources. There have not been any direct studies on how to save money with having needs for things such as diabetic medication. Research has been done to show the increase in cost for medication and how

years have made it quite an expensive one. With being quite costly, patients may turn to finding an inexpensive brand, anticipating that it would have an equivalent effect as their previous prescription. However, according to Rubenfire from Modern Health Care, “[f]or most drugs or devices, patients might look to a competitor for a cheaper price. But Dr. Bobby Lanier, a Fort Worth, Texas-based allergist, said most of his patients end up using the name brand EpiPen rather than competitors such as Adrenaclick”