Why not write about the ridiculous red tape people poor people have to go through for healthcare? Why not tell the stories of the people who are broken by our healthcare system? Did you know that for some people allergy medicines can cause severe depression? Did you know that each state determines what Medicare and Medicaid can cover? Did you know that in order to get something taken care of that poor people may have to go to a completely different county in order to see a doctor, because the specialists in one city won’t take insurance? And that because of that going to see a specialist then becomes prohibitive? In order for readers to care about the policies they have to have an emotional attachment as to why that policy should change.
As someone who recently moved to Boston knowing very little about that period of history and has since been well indoctrinated by various Boston-themed kids books, I found this really fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
Why not write about the ridiculous red tape people poor people have to go through for healthcare? Why not tell the stories of the people who are broken by our healthcare system? Did you know that for some people allergy medicines can cause severe depression? Did you know that each state determines what Medicare and Medicaid can cover? Did you know that in order to get something taken care of that poor people may have to go to a completely different county in order to see a doctor, because the specialists in one city won’t take insurance? And that because of that going to see a specialist then becomes prohibitive? In order for readers to care about the policies they have to have an emotional attachment as to why that policy should change.
As someone who recently moved to Boston knowing very little about that period of history and has since been well indoctrinated by various Boston-themed kids books, I found this really fascinating! Thanks for sharing.