It adds up to “you’d be unusual NOT to qualify”. From what I can tell, it’s purely a test of how clueful your healthcare provider is, and how willing/able you are to advocate for yourself. I know of nobody who’s been denied it when they want it, and only a few who haven’t gotten it because their provider didn’t bring it up and they didn’t ask.
My sample set skews rich and intellectual, so that likely explains a lot. I’m certain that many of these categories are listed BECAUSE they get lower-quality care and are less able to push for the medication that would help them. I don’t know how expense for the un/underinsured plays into it either.
This sounds absurd. This list of “risk factors” is basically “being anyone mildly unusual”.
It adds up to “you’d be unusual NOT to qualify”. From what I can tell, it’s purely a test of how clueful your healthcare provider is, and how willing/able you are to advocate for yourself. I know of nobody who’s been denied it when they want it, and only a few who haven’t gotten it because their provider didn’t bring it up and they didn’t ask.
My sample set skews rich and intellectual, so that likely explains a lot. I’m certain that many of these categories are listed BECAUSE they get lower-quality care and are less able to push for the medication that would help them. I don’t know how expense for the un/underinsured plays into it either.