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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> And people who previously couldn't afford insurance now >have to PAY 
> insurance premiums,,,,,,, uh with what money?
> (Regardless if full or reduced rates.)

Yeah, that's the part that gets me. Simply legislating that everyone has to 
have health insurance isn't the answer. I've signed up for Medicaid to avoid 
being forced into spending money I don't have on something I don't want. 
Medicaid has already started nagging me to get this check-up or that 
screening, but they are easily ignored.

It actually DOES feel good to know that I can be mangled in a farm accident 
and go to the hospital without losing everything I own. Other than setting 
broken bones and stiching up cuts, I have little faith in Western medicine, 
and my health care is generally through alternatives that aren't covered by 
insurance.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA