Differences in Health Care
After recently doing a project in school about different health care plans including looking into difference and similarities of difference states like comparing Illinois' to the Georgia health insurance plans, I have found out that there is way too much information out there and not enough people who really know what is going on with it. So many people just trust their companies to provide their health insurance for them, or, the other day for example I was talking to my dad about why we have All State car insurance and he said that his parents had it and he had no problems. While we also have had a great experience with that particular insurance provider, we didn't look into other options. Maybe a different provider has better benefits or a less expensive plan, maybe not?
Medicare is something that people need to look into as well. It is amazing how many people do not understand it (including me). But mainly adults who have health care and just do not know anything past the dollar amount on it. Like what kind of benefits you are receiving or what health care providers accept your insurance. It is hard to look into a subject like health care because there are so many options and most people do not have the time to go through papers upon papers full of medical and legal terms and sort through it. It is sad, but I also think that I can be fixed. I feel like people need to be educated on subjects like healthcare. We have consumer Education classes that are mandatory in high school, why not make a health insurance class? It is subject that almost everyone will someday have contact with and need to be informed.
I went onto a website for Blue Cross Blue Shield and I saw that they do a pretty good job of breaking it down for consumers. They have information on how insurance works and how much things cost medically and payment wise. They even have a section on things that you can do, like maintaining your weight and practice safety and prevention, or saving the emergency room for emergencies only. By doing these thing you can avoid having to pay expensive or co-pays. The website even has a glossary of terms.
We need teachers and schools and the internet and news to teach us about these important topics so that we can be informed and make good decisions for ourselves and one day for our families.