IGTIGT Phase I Summary Statements - Draft 2/18/11

Summary Number: 71
 
Support access to quality, affordable health care throughout the region
 
 "Good hospitals and doctors that are close to home . . ."
 "My family has health issues that make access to quality health care very important to us."
 "High quality of health care available"
 "Catastrophic health care"
 "Cheaper to go to Mexico for prescriptions, due to costs"
 "Health care for all"
 "Lots of low-income people without health insurance"
 "My mom - subsidies for home health care - children have to do it"
 "Need a more integrated, effective mental health system"
 "The current health care system is skewed to provide expensive medications and treatments (and to generate profits)."
 "For folks in the outlying regions urgent care and emergency care continues to be a problem . . ."
 "Doctor calls even when we are on vacation to check"