With the increased cost of health insurance and medical expenses many Americans are looking for ways to cover their family. After reading the stories and forum posts from only a few of the more than 15,000 monthly visitor site it became increasingly apparent that many people are choosing between food and medicine. The health care crisis is not only targeting the poor anymore, but has crept into the middle and upper class as well. The cost of visiting a doctor has doubled, medicine is out of reach and many are completely doing without. This leaves them and their families with aching teeth, worry and wondering how they will fare without medical attention for diseases and naturally occurring yearly illnesses.



Being a skeptic at first, it seemed only appropriate to research exactly what the Unitedproject.org was trying to do. After all there are tons of discount plans that take consumers money every month and fall short on the savings or benefits when they need help the most. The site is made up of a friendly group of people, much like myself, struggling to pay for their medications, vision, dental and other medical needs every month. The program is completely free for anyone and everyone regardless of their age, condition or medical status. All a person has to do is fill in a short questionnaire so that the discount card can contain the correct information, post a story about what brought the person to the site, and then comes the printing of the card. The entire process took me less than 20 minutes to complete, leaving me with time to research what the benefits entailed.

Not only are the benefits listed, the site also welcomed me generously and answered my questions. After plugging in my particular monthly medicine, results were returned with a comparison pricing for local pharmacies. The savings offered with my free discount card was impressive and the pharmacy did not bat an eye when handing it to them. There are many people that struggle and y purpose is to share the information that was given to me through my local social services office, about Unitedproject.org so that others can get the help that they need.