The Recession Takes A Toll On Your Wallet And Your Health

by Jason Allentoff

The recession seems to be making Americans poorer and sicker. That's the result of a new study from the American Academy of Family Physicians. The findings show many aren't seeing their doctors because fewer want to spend money on the visits and some have lost their coverage when they were laid off from work.

Specifically, the study showed 90 percent of families nationwide have expressed concern about their ability to pay for services and more than 80 percent of doctors have seen an increase in patients with major stress symptoms since the economic crisis began.

Doctor Ted Epperly of the Academy says lack of options is also a factor. He says there are more specialists out there than general practitioners and internists and that needs to change.

Epperly feels health care needs to be reformed and every American citizen is entitled to have reliable coverage.