The three components of the “Iron triangle of health care” are access, quality and cost. Access to health care is a moral and economic issue to the society. Million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, which means they have very limited access to medical help. The Health reform tried to improve access to care by opening the doors to insurance coverage for more of them. But experts are measuring systems, not personal experiences. Seems to me, when measuring accessibility, we have to include in the equation the time factor. Example: how long it took to get an appointment or how long you spent in the waiting room with a cold, or how long time (months) the patient has to wait for a routine surgery. Hidden denied access to me would be those
