SOCI 3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Analog Science Fiction And Fact, Medical Device, Neurology
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Poverty also affects access by influencing where healthcare is sought. Carol dropped off in a car, confused and disoriented outside of a hospital in a hospital gown wandering down the street. **carol dumped from another hospital /facility because she couldn"t afford their care. Anti-dumping regulations ~ hospitals cannot say no to a patient if it will threaten their health, must stabilize them first this is still violated but much better. Govt sets reimbursement schedule and tells hospital how much they can charge medicaid. Dr and hospitals refuse to see medicaid patients bc going to lose money on the patient. 90% of the doctors say no because she was indigent and didn"t have insurance then said she had medicaid still half refused. Medicaid set up in the 60"s to help poor get better care ~ the affordable care act increases medicaid eligibility.
