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An Arm and a Leg”: No money, no job, no health care? Not always.
If you have no money and no job, what are your best options for getting health care? It's the 2023 open enrollment season, and many Americans are looking for health insurance plans. And some are weighing the risks of skipping health insurance altogether. A listener wrote on “An Arm and a Leg” about his son, a college student with no income who is relying on the family’s health insurance as he ages. He asked: If his son purchases a plan, would he sign up for the possibility of charity care (financial assistance) at his local hospital? To answer this question, podcast host Dan Weissmann relied on expert help from...
An Arm and a Leg”: No money, no job, no health care? Not always.
If you have no money and no job, what are your best options for getting health care?
It's the 2023 open enrollment season, and many Americans are looking for health insurance plans. And some are weighing the risks of skipping health insurance altogether.
A listener wrote on “An Arm and a Leg” about his son, a college student with no income who is relying on the family’s health insurance as he ages. He asked: If his son purchases a plan, would he sign up for the possibility of charity care (financial assistance) at his local hospital?
To answer this question, podcast host Dan Weissmann relied on expert help from Karen Pollitz, senior fellow at KFF, and Jared Walker, founder of dollars for and a charity care expert.
If you want to go deeper:
- „An Arm and a Leg“ hat in seinem Newsletter Erste-Hilfe-Kit eine dreiteilige Serie über die Auswahl der Krankenversicherung veröffentlicht. Fang hier an.
- Eine Episode aus dem letzten Jahr erkundet andere Do’s and Don’ts für die Auswahl der Krankenversicherung.
- In einem Folge 2018 Weissmann sprach mit einer anderen Zuhörerin – einer „Finanztherapeutin“ – die ihre eigenen tiefen Fragen zur Krankenversicherung hatte.
“An Arm and a Leg” is a co-production of KHN and Public Road Productions.
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