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Thinkingabout

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9. I wish we were going to nationL health insurance but at the time ACA was passed it would not

Reply to JaneQPublic (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 08:32 PM

Sep 2013

Have happened. We may not use health care all the time but when we need it it should be available. I have been fortunate in my life to have always had health insurances an can not imagine how difficult it may be for those who do not have it now.

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List of reasons young adults need health insurance, too [View all] JaneQPublic Sep 2013 OP

You know this, and I know this, but... Wait Wut Sep 2013 #1

Excellent idea! JaneQPublic Sep 2013 #5

Appendicitis, MS SharonAnn Sep 2013 #11

Great list-- yearly gyno exams for women? (pap smears, breast exam, etc.) anneboleyn Sep 2013 #2

I get where you are coming from but insurance upaloopa Sep 2013 #3

26. Broken bones 27.Sunburn 28. Stroke 29. Cancer 30 AIDS kimbutgar Sep 2013 #4

High deductibles are a major problem with that HockeyMom Sep 2013 #6

I agree with what you are saying Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #10

Here's one I hope no one ever experiences frazzled Sep 2013 #7

Pneumonia ..?? anyone can get it.. Stuart G Sep 2013 #8

I wish we were going to nationL health insurance but at the time ACA was passed it would not Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #9

Correction: LWolf Sep 2013 #12

Thanks for the great additions to the list! JaneQPublic Sep 2013 #13

YOLO injuries Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #14