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Old 09-03-2010, 02:40 PM   #16  
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knits of five, you have a very honest doctor indeed...Until I needed this hip replacement I have NEVER even had a doctor tell me to lose weight!

On the other topic that has come up here:

If someone becomes seriously ill or injured many state medical plans will cover the emergency retroactively so catastrophic illness is not the biggest problem when a person is uninsured.

The problem is that uninsured people can not afford wellness care and routine care that could lessen or even prevent the major stuff.

Pap smears, eye exams and especially simple blood pressure and blood sugar checks would save more lives that all emergency interventions combined.

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Old 09-03-2010, 03:19 PM   #17  
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I have no insurance. I applied for private insurance when I aged out of my parents' insurance a few years ago and got denied by all kinds of companies because... I'm overweight.

Now I don't know that I can afford it even when I do lose the weight. And being without it weighs on me like a lead jacket. I've become such a hypochondriac knowing how screwed I'm going to be when I get sick or hurt myself.
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