How Health Insurance can Benefit Communities
With all of the talk about healthcare lately it’s important to take a step back and look at the real value of having health coverage. We all know the individual benefits of carrying Health Insurance, but aside from the personal level what good does it do the community as a whole to have individuals who are carrying insurance? This question can partially be answered by recent inquiry by the Springfield Health Commission who “spent the last ten months assembling data to help find to a solution for those in need of health insurance or at least, health care.” According to KMSU.org the findings of the Springfield Health Commission were clear in at least one area:
“Dr. Daniel Sontheimer, a member of the board of directors for the Commission, says if there is one thing to take away from the report, it’s that the lack of dental coverage for those with Medicaid and those without insurance is creating a strain on the emergency care system.”
Of course these findings are really nothing surprising. It really goes without saying that people who lack Health Insurance tend to use the emergency room as a major resource to treat all kinds of maladies. In this light the Springfield Health Commission’s report makes perfect sense and goes a long way to let people know the benefits of carrying Health Insurance. This need for Health Insurance is not isolated to one single part of the country but is also applicable here in North Carolina, which is why Carolina Blue Cross can provide a vital service to not only to individuals in North Carolina but really to the community as a whole.
