Almost Half A Million Could Be Uninsured In Colorado

Based on the reports published by leading researchers, over a third of all the patients that went to 37 health clinics in the state of Colorado on a single day turned out to be uninsured. This realization exposes the possibility that close to one and a half million people in the entire state could also suffer from a lack of adequate coverage.

Conducting the survey on a voluntary basis was the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, which collected information among patients who had private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. Their research showed an alarming figure: over 36% of the 948 that were surveyed were underinsured.

The researchers conducting this survey have defined the term “underinsured” to mean patients that delayed or skipped the care recommended to them on account of the fact that they couldn’t afford it.

The school further released information on the research, stating that those who completed the survey were generally between the ages of 18 and 64, Caucasian, and had private insurance. Over health of those surveyed claimed to be in good, excellent, or perfect health.

over a thousand surveys were handed out to obtain this information, and 1,133 were returned to the researchers. Offered in both English and Spanish, the survey aimed to reach out to the largest number of people while remaining accessible and easy to understand.

The estimate of underinsured patients in Colorado comes as a stark contrast to the values established over a decade ago, such as a study that showed 4.5% as being underinsured in 1995. However, these earlier studies directly assessed hard financial criteria instead of simply asking whether patients believed that they could afford their case.

With that said, the survey is more of a confidence poll and a measure of financial self-assessment rather than a statistical evaluation of objective facts. Nonetheless, this sort of research can prove useful in determining new ways in which people can obtain the proper health care that they need in order to feel confident in going to the hospital.

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