Abstract
Despite chronic illness that requires routine medical follow-up as well as occasional acute care and hospitalizations, many persons with sickle cell disease (SCD) are not getting the care that they need. The primary reason for lack of proper care is due to the patients' lack of health insurance coverage. This paper will examine the problem of health insurance coverage among persons with chronic illnesses using SCD as a model. It is speculated by the author that persons who suffer from other chronic illnesses may also experience similar problems in obtaining health coverage. Supporting data for this report are derived from a survey on the health insurance status of a randomly selected group of SCD patients treated at the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease. This survey revealed that 20 percent of 70 adult and pediatric patient respondents had no form of health insurance coverage.
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