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Voice for Peace

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8. that must have been so hard to go through

Reply to HuskiesHowls (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 05:44 PM

Jun 2012

and I'm happy things turned out well for your family.
I have a niece who started life in a similar way. I don't know
if they had insurance but the families had tons of money so
they could afford the needed care, and today she's a wonderful lady.

I'm not against insurance altogether, but against for-profit insurance
that hardly anyone can realistically afford but everyone is terrified
to live without.

That's why I asked, what did people used to do? I don't recall
anything like health insurance when I was growing up. We just
went to the doctor and paid him if he helped us.

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But, a newborn doesn't have the opportunity to make a choice like that. HuskiesHowls Jun 2012 #7

that must have been so hard to go through Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #8

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