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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 81396" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>There are so many people who fall through the cracks like that!</p><p></p><p>My son FINALLY has decent medical insurance, after working various jobs for the last several years. One place he worked offered insurance but he had to be there almost a year before he was "eligible". During this year of waiting to be "eligible", he developed a hernia that still hasn't been repaired! The job he worked at the longest technically offered medical insurance to their employees. But he paid them so little and the insurance was so expensive, none of them could afford to get it.</p><p></p><p>My brothers family is the same way. He lost his insurance at work when the business owner decided not to offer it any more. They all received a $2 hr. raise and lost their insurance! His wife works at the school in the cafeteria. Since she is an employee of the county, she is eligible for the same insurance that the teachers have. But it's not cheap. And on her small salary, the premiums would eat up the better part of what she makes! </p><p></p><p>When people talk about the "uninsured", they're not all people who spend their days sitting on a park bench and their nights in the homeless shelter!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 81396, member: 1883"] There are so many people who fall through the cracks like that! My son FINALLY has decent medical insurance, after working various jobs for the last several years. One place he worked offered insurance but he had to be there almost a year before he was "eligible". During this year of waiting to be "eligible", he developed a hernia that still hasn't been repaired! The job he worked at the longest technically offered medical insurance to their employees. But he paid them so little and the insurance was so expensive, none of them could afford to get it. My brothers family is the same way. He lost his insurance at work when the business owner decided not to offer it any more. They all received a $2 hr. raise and lost their insurance! His wife works at the school in the cafeteria. Since she is an employee of the county, she is eligible for the same insurance that the teachers have. But it's not cheap. And on her small salary, the premiums would eat up the better part of what she makes! When people talk about the "uninsured", they're not all people who spend their days sitting on a park bench and their nights in the homeless shelter! [/QUOTE]
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