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Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor (HealthDay)

Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Poorer Americans, including those on Medicaid, are more likely to take much longer to get to the hospital when a heart attack strikes compared to more affluent people, a new study finds.
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HealthDay Poor the Delayed Care Attack Heart

I can see that. Those who do not have the money will not go to the doctor until they are rushed there in a ambulance.

Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor (HealthDay) Health & Special Psychology

It is a terrible situation we have created in society. Many people with inadequate health care coverage will avoid going to the doctor until it is absolutely unavoidable. Many conditions that could be cured if caught early are left untreated until it is too late to do anything.

HealthDay Poor the Delayed Care Attack Heart

I think that some people, especially the homeless, do not know they can qualify for health care and be able to see a doctor and get the help they need before it is a life and death situation.