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The pandemic was a tough and costly time. We spent a lot for new research, procedures, and equipment. In order for us to obtain new technologies and vaccines for COVID-19 we had to raise prices. These prices were already hard to meet but them being risen made it harder for people to get the medication or procedures they needed.

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National Health Spending in 2020 Increases due to Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic | CMS

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Fewer Uninsured as Medicaid and Marketplace Enrollment Increases

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Money has always been and issue for many people but now people are even forced to give up health care. Procedure and medication that people need are being not even an option anymore due to costs. Doctor visits and check ups that are recommended are skipped because people refuse to spend money that isn't there on visits when they feel perfectly fine. Even when someone is sick or hurt they don't even go to the doctor because the costs is simply just too much. Because of the rise is costs health care just isn't an option for some.

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New Survey Finds Large Number of People Skipping Necessary Medical Care Because of Cost | NORC.org

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About 40 percent of Americans report skipping a recommended medical test or treatment and 44 percent say they didn’t go to a doctor when they were sick or injured in the last year because of cost, according to a new national poll from NORC at the University of Chicago and the West Health Institute.

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People are so advanced in technology nowadays. People have been known to hack into social media accounts, companies, and even hospitals. With advancements in technology it has been easier and easier to hack into hospital databases and to apply ransom attacks.

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Data breaches and Cyber attacks in health care

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With the new times technology has progressed. For patient records and hospital records they are kept through a computer rather than physical paper files in storage. It is a quicker and more organized way but it also has its downfalls. Hospitals have been sued do to patient files being missing or confidential information being known and shared. This is a big issue now that most information we keep are through a database.