Thoughts on Health Insurance, or Lack Thereof

When it came to our health, my mother always crossed her fingers and kneeled at her bed at night, praying that my sister and I would not get sick. My mother, a single parent, didn’t have insurance—she couldn’t afford it, and like many folks, she lingered in limbo: she earned too much to qualify for Medicaid, but couldn’t afford private insurance.

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