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Been There
A few years ago, I was jobless and without any sort of health insurance. My annual income was less than $10,000 per year. My doctor suggested that I apply for indigent status at the hospital where she worked so that I could continue to get treatment. It was humiliating, but I followed her advice.
Because I was a part owner in the house I shared with three other people, I didn't qualify.
No one looks at the bigger picture. I had spent all my savings. I literally had nothing besides the equity in that house, which I couldn't pull out because I was one of several owners.
How much worse is it that children, who have no say in family finances at all, cannot find coverage.