The plural of anecdote IS data [part 2]

Someday I will actually work on improving my blogulation skills, like learning to make sticky posts. For now I'll just make a new post occasionally, with updated data and just lazily link to my introductory rant. You needn't bother to follow the links in the original post, I've reproduced them all here.


Data to be updated periodically*
[compilation of anecdotes]

• pregnancy, followed by baby with rare genetic disorder [more examples in the comments]



• video interviews [4 so far] of people who have been denied health care



• a loophole [soon to be closed?]



• Sticker shock -- Twisty can afford can afford to pay for the cancer drugs that her insurance won't cover, but few of us could



• Suspicious breast lump? Sorry, go away.



• Lose your job, your money, your house when you get cancer. Oh yeah, and you'll never be able to get insurance again. [1st comment, by Spinning Liz]



• Moral of this story: Don't get old. [the long-term care insurance industry is just as good for you as the health insurance industry]



• Bob Herbert would start with guaranteed coverage for all kids, but he's still looking like a pro-corporatist shill here [thanks, syd]



• Using ethically questionable methods to sell "privatized Medicare" [Medicare-replacement insurance] to the elderly, then hitting them with high costs, such as huge co-pays [and not all doctors accept these plans either]



• “Actually, I was going to become one of the 45 million uninsured for the summer,” she said. “The think tank does not provide insurance for ‘temporary’ employees, and my school did not allow extension of health insurance post-graduation. I still haven’t found a reasonably priced insurance plan for this period.”
  
  Aaaaargh! When a newly minted doctor investigating Americans’ access to medical care has no insurance — then you know that our health care system is truly bankrupt. [quoting Kristof becuase I'm too lazy to condense it for you]



• "I want to be able to eat more often. I would like to have my SSI back until I can work. I'd like to have a place to live besides with my bipolar mother. I don't think it's really too much to ask. It would be nice if elderly people didn't have to choose between food or medication. It would have been wonderful if I didn't have to wait several months to get a pair of glasses, simply because I couldn't afford to buy new ones when mine broke. I can't see much without them. I don't want to live off the government either. It's not a choice for me right now. Despite what some may think. I'm not lazy or stupid, I'm sick. I need medical care so that I don't die."



• skitch, like he always does, entertains with a story that could have turned out badly



• James Capozzola, 1962-2007, a blogger who probably died because he couldn't get insurance



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* particularly if syd keeps providing me with stuff.