Over the last 10 years, medical insurance has outpaced pay wages by over 257%. Working class, middle class, and upper middle class alike have all been impacted by this as the American healthcare system continues to let its people downtime and time again. As a nation, we spend more on healthcare than any other country, yet somehow the average cost to visit a doctor can range anywhere from $60 to $300. Because of these ridiculously high prices, it should come as no surprise that our number of doctor visits per capita is significantly lower than that of other countries who actually spend far less than we do on healthcare.
This immense failure to adhere to the nation’s basic needs has led millions to poverty as 530,000 families are forced to turn to bankruptcy every year due to medical bill related issues. Furthermore, the U.S. has the highest chronic disease rate of any OECD country despite 90% of the nation’s healthcare expenditures being used for people with chronic and mental health conditions.
Insurance in America is increasingly expensive and the numbers only double, if not triple when taking into account family coverage. The cost of insurance has gotten to a point where not only those looking for insurance, but their loved ones as well are being punished by a system that has unfortunately never had their best interest in mind.
Millions of Americans work for employers that offer no level of health coverage and even if they do, over half of these working Americans turn down these offerings because they simply can’t afford them. The average cost of health insurance is $452 a month, how can the working/middle class be expected to pay for coverage that they “might” need. It is ludicrous that we live in a nation where working Americans are being forced to choose between health benefits and putting food on the table.
The hard truth is that this system will never change; how do we tell a system that has generated billions upon billions of dollars through its life span to revise… we simply can’t. Epiq MD believes there is another way.
Epiq MD is a telemedicine platform bringing affordable healthcare solutions to the 80 million Americans and immigrants in this nation who are currently lacking sufficient healthcare. Epiq MD is giving the families of this nation an alternative. An alternative that connects people with medical professionals in real time from the comfort of their own home. An alternative that offers Primary Care, Mental Healthcare, Preventative Care and more. An alternative that while at the moment isn’t able to be all encompassing healthcare provider, but in time become the leading provider that millions not only in America, but all across the globe will be able to turn to for all of their healthcare needs. Epiq MD understands the toll our healthcare system has put on the people because like you, we have been subject to the very same system. It is time for a change and if they won’t give it to us, it is time for us to take it upon ourselves.