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Because Getting Sick Isn't Punishment Enough?
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This article on health insurance focuses on something that never gets reported but is now showing up in research: Even if you have great health insurance that covers all the bills, getting sick enough for a hospital stay, especially for people over 50, can be financially ruinous. It's about the lost wages when you're sick, the reduced capacity to work after discharge, and the inability to ever catch up. Insurance doesn't cover that. Should there be a disability program that's more than just for catastrophic situations and supplements work income to avoid a drastic change in income that could lose you your house and your future? (New York Times)
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