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Originally Posted by miked
As I stated earlier, from my experiences (also anecdotally I suppose), just because there are resources does not mean everyone has equal access or the ability to use it. I think those programs are great and there are plenty of resources available, but I think many fail to take in to account the reality of the situation.
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I think the key difference in my examples though is that these aren't programs people have to discover, we aggressively pursue members on public assistance and point them to the programs, as well as provide direct literature, and we also have two community resource centers devoted specifically to helping the poor.
To your point, yes they would have to be on some form of public assistance to be made aware, but we are one of a smaller administrators of Medicaid in AZ and we still have 108,000 members. Five others have more members than us and are required to provide the same, so there is a lot of opportunity out there, at least here.