The Health Insurance Obstacles
There are many obstacles to enjoying health insurance. Even though people may be eligible, often they do not have health insurance. The reason is the daunting paperwork and other such hurdles that need to be crossed. In fact it is startling to know that more than a third of New York State’s Medicaid receipients fail to reenroll due to such obstacles.
This is according to a study by the NYSHF. This nonprofit is making an effort to improve pubic health through education as well as more high quality care access. The organization says that people fall off the rolls because of the annual recertification process. The reapplication then costs the state more money.
According to Davind Sandman, SVP of the New York State Health Foundation, the doors to the program are wide open but the back doors should be shut so that eligible people stay in. In the focus group, participants said that they valued the health insurance programs and wanted to stay enrolled. However they had lost their coverage because of the daunting re-enrollment process.
The process is so complicated that it takes someone with a deep knowledge of law to fill out the paperwork. Some people realize their coverage has lapsed only after reaching the doctors office for an appointment. Now why don’t we just cut the red tape?
