Follow up with prepaid vouchers

When someone who cannot afford healthcare insurance is diagnosed and given initial treatment for a chronic condition, they should be issued with a set of prepaid vouchers for their followup appointments to ensure they are receiving appropriate care. For instance, when hypertension is diagnosed, medication and other measures will be presccribed. The person might feel this is all that's needed, BUT, they need swift followup to make sure they take the medication, that it actually works and to assess whether it is suitable for them- minimise side effects etc. A voucher system, planned into health budgets of public clinics and staffed appropriately would be a good way to get continuity and save health and money in the long term. All the statistics on likely numbers of people with no self-funded care and their likely diagnoses and followup needs could be gleaned from national databases of hospital and insurance data to aid planning.