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Half of the people in the US pay 1 thousand dollars annually to get medical treatment (deductibles) – May 2018

Women With Breast Cancer Delay Care When Faced With High Deductibles NYT May 2018

  • Study found that women with high deductibles “delayed beginning chemotherapy by an average of seven months”
  • “About 11 percent of covered workers have a deductible of at least $3,000”
  • Also” numerous studies show people are more likely to forgo preventive care when they have a high deductible — even if that care is free”

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  • Some people delay getting treatment until the start of the next year so as to not have to pay deductibles in each year

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Reduce deductibles and co-pays for pregnancy and infant medical care

Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

Problem
Vit. D
Reduces
Evidence
0. Chance of not conceiving3.4 times Observe
1. Miscarriage 2.5 times Observe
2. Pre-eclampsia 3.6 timesRCT
3. Gestational Diabetes 3 times RCT
4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality 3.5 times Observe
5. Premature birth 2 times RCT
6. C-section - unplanned 1.6 timesObserve
     Stillbirth - OMEGA-3 4 timesRCT - Omega-3
7. Depression AFTER pregnancy 1.4 times RCT
8. Small for Gestational Age 1.6 times meta-analysis
9. Infant height, weight, head size
     within normal limits
RCT
10. Childhood Wheezing 1.3 times RCT
11. Additional child is Autistic 4 times Intervention
12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis 1.9 timesObserve
13. Preeclampsia in young adult 3.5 timesRCT
14. Good motor skills @ age 31.4 times Observe
15. Childhood Mite allergy 5 times RCT
16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits 2.5 times RCT

RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial


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