Forbes October 13, 2020
When I was a resident physician, I cared for a woman I’ll call “Rhonda.” Rhonda had uncontrolled high blood pressure. She’d been prescribed a generic hypertensive, but she wasn’t taking her medication. When I asked her why, Rhonda said she couldn’t afford her co-pays. I couldn’t believe it. Rhonda worked as a phone operator at the same hospital where I treated her. The notion that an employee of a world-class academic medical center couldn’t afford healthcare boggled my young mind.
Now I know better.
One of the unspoken secrets about the healthcare industry is that employers in the sector often offer ungenerous, and sometimes downright poor, health benefits to their employees — especially to those who earn the least. Having...
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