A great illustration of said thesis would be the following scenario: A man needs a surgery in order to live which will cost him fifty thousand dollars.. By using his medical health insurance benefits, the man is able to pay the surgery by cutting the out of pocket expenses to only ten thousand dollars. Had the man been uninsured, he would not be able to afford the surgery and because of such monetary setbacks had fallen ill without the necessary surgery and died. The man was therefore in a position to re-grasp life, a gift which he wouldn’t happen to be able to get his hands on had he not been insured. Doctors save lives, and medical health insurance are the garbs a patient wears during a healing process which carries him through for survival.
Picture this: a wealthy, prestigious country with no record of war. Although the country has no problems with their current monarch, the country is incomplete because it lacks the home based resources necessary to produce enough energy with the power plants run within the country. Lucky for them there is a power plant across the ocean that is big enough to supply the rest of their electrical needs. The only thing between these two countries linking the power sources together is the lack of a bridge.
This metaphor is a great explanation of how Medigap insurance works. The truly amazing foundation upon which the supply of a refined reimbursement system for medical expenses is Medicare – also it doesn’t produce all the coverage necessary independently to pay for all of the expenses. In correlation with the metaphor, Medigap represents the bridge which connects the 2 countries to supply all the power… it connects Medicare coverage with 100% full dental coverage plans to fill in the gaps and holes of debt uncovered by Medicare insurance on its own.
