TY  - JOUR
T1  - ENough, already
AU  - Stillman MD
Y1  - 2012/12/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.14475
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2347
EP  - 2348
VL  - 308
IS  - 22
N2  - 
Since 2006 when then-governor Mitt Romney signed into law a virtual twin of the Affordable Care Act, only around 5% of Massachusetts' population lacks health insurance. In my Louisville clinic, however, 60% of the patients are uninsured, and they represent the full spectrum of ethnicity, age, wellness, and employment status. While our hospital offers uninsured patients reduced-cost office visits, access to inexpensive generic prescriptions, and sliding-scale charges for laboratory testing, they pay full price for imaging studies, certain preventive vaccinations, and diagnostic tests, including cardiac stress tests and sleep studies. They receive only the care they are able to pay for themselves and lack reassurance that their next minor illness won't destroy them financially.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.14475
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14475
ER  -