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Curious, in your healthcare experience, what would you estimate is the percentage of people who do have good insurance, but don't get preventative care by choic

• bumby 6y ago
  I don't think I have a good representative sample because facilities I worked for were a specific sub-population that would probably have a very high percentage that fall into the category of "no need for healthcare until something is broken or bleeding profusely" With that said, it seems to be quite a bit and skewing higher for males than females.
• coliveira 6y ago
  If you have insurance and are not going for a routine exam once a year, you're doing a disservice to yourself because you miss the opportunity to catch issues that can be easily fixed when caught early but catastrophic if not. In fact many corporate policies require people to have regular exams exactly for this reason.
  • disabled 6y ago
    A lot of countries do not do “yearly physicals” like the American healthcare system recommends. This is because in countries with universal healthcare, patients within the country go to their GP/Primary Care Doctor far many more times on average than the typical American. So, in many countries, this practice is non-existent, basically because people just go to the doctor whenever they feel it is necessary—and far more often than the typical American does. The average American sees a doctor 3 times per year. In France it is 6-7 times per year. In Japan, it’s 13 times per year. This statistic is directly linked to the cost of care.