From Deseret News archives:
Prosthetic care won't break system
Obviously, the biggest concern anybody has about passing a new mandate is cost. People fear that big jumps in the cost of insurance will reduce access to health care. None of us want to see health insurance costs pushed beyond the reach of the average consumer. Policy reports have been done in Massachusetts, California, Colorado, New Jersey and Virginia. They have found that providing prosthetics is low cost to individual consumers. Furthermore, it also saves money in the public and private sector.
A Department of Health Care Policy & Financing report found that the maximum increase in premiums for prosthetic provision would be about 12 cents per month. That is less than $1.50 per year. That is not going to push anyone off the insurance rolls or put anyone out of business. It will, however, get people the care they need to get back to work and live independent, productive lives.
Tami Stanley, a below-the-knee amputee, is a homemaker living in Orem.
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