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ROCKWALL, TEXAS -
Even year old Audry Craig was diagnosed with asthma when just a year old and since then she's been on a laundry list of drugs. Her dad Craig rattled off a few of the pricy drugs.
"She has Advair, she has Flovent, she has Proventil"
Scott has a good job and insurance but even with insurance Audry's care costs hundreds of dollars a month. Before reform, if Craig changed jobs or changed insurance Audry could have been denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Craig said that would cost more than $1,200.00 a month.
"It can get really expensive really quick even with our co-pay it's real expensive and not having insurance it would devastating, I do feel for the folks who don't have insurance," Said Craig.
Pediatrician Dr. Gregory Sonnen said he sees it all the time at his Pediatric & Adolescent Specialists clinic in Rockwall, TX, parents who have had their kids denied coverage.
"At least one in ten kids in America suffer from asthma which is the most common chronic condition that i care for and a lot of families that i care for have had issues when the change jobs, move to a new insurance and their child's asthma medicines aren't being covered because it's listed as a pre-existing condition," Said Dr. Sonnen.
The healthcare bill will also impact youngsters who can now remain on their parents policy until they turn 26 years of age. 21 year old Ashley Halloway is on her parents policy but said she wonders how she would pay for mandatory insurance if she wasn't
"You know, I don't like the fact that i would have to have it but I guess I'd come up with it somehow," Said Ashley.
PrimaCare Medical Centers President Dr. Don Dillahunty said the bill will help families but many youngsters simply don't want to pay for insurance.
"Well I think that age group a lot of times people tend to be young and healthy and they are not thinking about health insurance as much as maybe buying a new car or doing something else with it," Said Dr. Dillahunty.
That includes uninsured 27 year old Christine Oquin who said she doesn't like being required to have insurance.
"Yea, it kind of sucks, but if you've got to have it, you've got to have it. But it really does suck."
The two provisions are considered to have an immediate impact, other provisions will roll out over the next four years.
"She has Advair, she has Flovent, she has Proventil"
Scott has a good job and insurance but even with insurance Audry's care costs hundreds of dollars a month. Before reform, if Craig changed jobs or changed insurance Audry could have been denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Craig said that would cost more than $1,200.00 a month.
"It can get really expensive really quick even with our co-pay it's real expensive and not having insurance it would devastating, I do feel for the folks who don't have insurance," Said Craig.
Pediatrician Dr. Gregory Sonnen said he sees it all the time at his Pediatric & Adolescent Specialists clinic in Rockwall, TX, parents who have had their kids denied coverage.
"At least one in ten kids in America suffer from asthma which is the most common chronic condition that i care for and a lot of families that i care for have had issues when the change jobs, move to a new insurance and their child's asthma medicines aren't being covered because it's listed as a pre-existing condition," Said Dr. Sonnen.
The healthcare bill will also impact youngsters who can now remain on their parents policy until they turn 26 years of age. 21 year old Ashley Halloway is on her parents policy but said she wonders how she would pay for mandatory insurance if she wasn't
"You know, I don't like the fact that i would have to have it but I guess I'd come up with it somehow," Said Ashley.
PrimaCare Medical Centers President Dr. Don Dillahunty said the bill will help families but many youngsters simply don't want to pay for insurance.
"Well I think that age group a lot of times people tend to be young and healthy and they are not thinking about health insurance as much as maybe buying a new car or doing something else with it," Said Dr. Dillahunty.
That includes uninsured 27 year old Christine Oquin who said she doesn't like being required to have insurance.
"Yea, it kind of sucks, but if you've got to have it, you've got to have it. But it really does suck."
The two provisions are considered to have an immediate impact, other provisions will roll out over the next four years.
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