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People of Virginia | Health and Medicine
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People of Virginia share their concerns about the high cost of health insurance and drugs
People of Virginia share their concerns about the high cost of health insurance and drugs
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People of Virginia | Health and Medicine
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People of Virginia share their concerns about the high cost of health insurance and drugs
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJASON MITCHELL: I think the biggest challenges with healthcare is just affordability.
You know, we need a better system where everybody's covered so that the costs for everyone can go down.
CAMERON BATES: I know other people's families can't necessarily afford a EpiPen, so that I kind of feel should be given or, like, prescribed more and not have to pay a ridiculous amount for.
CALVINA BIRCH: I feel like medicine should be affordable for everyone regardless of their class.
CONNIE LAPALLO: One of my big concerns is that when the Affordable Care Act came in our health insurance was gonna jump about about a thousand dollars a month and we cannot afford to make that much of a payment so we had to find something else and we didnt know what we were going to do.
Because were required to have this, but we had heard about a Christian healthcare sharing plan so we got on that, and that was actually more economical.
Addressing inequities in health care treatment
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 9m 11s | Building trust among populations previously disenfranchised from medical research. (9m 11s)
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 4m 25s | Virginia doctors are breaking down barriers that stop care professionals from getting help (4m 25s)
Chinese medicine provides relief in Floyd, Virginia
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 3m 13s | Chinese Medicine is becoming a more common practice for people of the New River Valley. (3m 13s)
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 1m 42s | Efforts in Virginia to help those suffering sometimes debilitating symptoms of the disease (1m 42s)
How do we ensure the right people are enrolled in hospice?
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 7m 53s | Changes meant to improve quality and cost of medical care may impact more than intended. (7m 53s)
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