There are hearings coming up in Congress before the Task Force on Health Coverage. This is a committee working with Senator Ted Kennedy's Health Care legislation which has not yet been introduced. It is a fact finding initiative.
I have been asked to help find individuals from RI who are under-insured. In other words, they have a high deductible therefore they may not be getting appropriate screening tests, or because of job loss they have COBRA but find that the high cost of this coverage is a challenge.
Kindly forward this email to your contacts and they can contact me directly.
Thank you for your help!
If you qualify as under-insured, please contact me at 822-0095 or by email at MarleneRIBCC@aol.com.
Thank you.
Marlene McCarthy H.L.D. Chair
Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition
www.breastcancerri.org
Do you know someone who is UNDER insured?
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sure do...me - I have a bit of a deductible but not thousands. Some buddies are really with high numbers and the city and school employees complain about paying a coinsurance of a few bucks. They really have it easy when you add their privileges and non payment for stuff and the 180 day work year they have... Maybe we need to gather a few of all sorts to send a note or testify as to a better solution to prevention of more serious problems because we can not afford to pay the basics not covered before the deductible is over |
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Good points to make and yet there are a number of people with thousands of dollars for deductibles...so all this needs to pass on to by Kennedy and others as they move slower than needed as already seen |
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great idea-will share with others-thanks |