Can anyone recomend a good doctor (not for medical card)

[cologrower420]

Thanks for the help!

We tried Denver Health, since we don't live in Denver County they told him to screw off.

He is not officially disabled so he doesn't qualify for medicaid. He hasnt had insurance in the last 6 months.

He works a crap job without insurance and is a caregiver. So no luck there.

Thanks for the link to gettinguscovered and HCPF, I will have him check them out / apply and see what happens.

Worst case scenario is I guess we have to find him a "residence" in Denver county, although from what I have read Denver Health is so overburdened they have a huge waiting list.

His last round of medical bills was over $200K.

You have to remember that finding an affordable, private insurance plan will be impossible, since your friend is asking the carrier to take him on as a risk.

His only options are likely public aid like medicaid or covercolorado. He won't be happy with the service or the product, but welcome to the future of our healthcare delivery system if obamacare stays as-is.

If you can, get him set up as a business of some sort. If you can show tax docs and if you're willing to spend some time and effort, your friend could get a better private plan that's guaranteed issue and covers pre-ex. It's complicated but it can be done.

If he's already in debt for hundreds of thousands of dollars, it would be nice to spread that risk around. Right now, you and I and other taxpayers are paying his medical bills since he's receiving care through the ER, which you are seeing is expensive. It would be nice to spread that cost around a large pool of peers who are also paying into the system.

I don't understand why young people don't carry insurance. I'm in the industry so I'm biased, but ignorance of consequences is appalling among today's young people. I'm not talking of the OP or his buddy, just society in general.

cologrower420 Reviewed by cologrower420 on 10-12-2010. Can anyone recomend a good doctor (not for medical card) Hi, I have a friend that moved out with me from Wisconsin. He has serious medical issues. We have been trying to get him care but without insurance it has been IMPOSSIBLE. Earlier this year he was bitten by a brown recluse spider, got MRSA while hospitalized, and that lead to sepsis and pneumonia. All of this scared his lungs and he is in pain all of the time. He was supposed to get follow-up care upon arriving here in Colorado - and get re-tested for MRSA (it already came back once Rating: 5