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A young mother describes the economics of her family's health care decisions against the backdrop of her aging parents' declining health.
"Health Care Dilemma" is part of the series 10 in Their 20s. The fresh voices in the series could have been recorded almost anywhere and provide an insightful look into the thoughts of the nation's newest adults.
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A young mother describes the economics of her family's health care decisions against the backdrop of her aging parents' declining health. "Health Care Dilemma" is part of the series 10 in Their 20s. The fresh voices in the series could have been recorded almost anywhere and provide an insightful look into the thoughts of the nation's newest adults.
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Review of Health Insurance DilemmaA dry piece, mabye as required by its nature, but this piece seems to still put too light the topic at hand. Rambelings to much, insightfull thoughts to little. |
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Review of Health Insurance DilemmaI found this piece to be an intimate look at the decisions one individual makes when sorting out her priorities in life. The beginning of the piece is good at framing the point-of-view of the rest of the story. The story is personal and real and brings you closer to this often distant and impersonal issue. However, the ending is anti-climatic and leaves me thinking there should have been more told in the story. Almost as if it was truncated to fit into a time limit. |
Transcript
(Host) Our "10 in Their 20s" series continues today with a commentator at the outside of her 20s. Marissa Caldwell says a decade without health insurance is weighing heavily on her mind.
(Marrisa Caldwell) There is something about exiting your twenties. There's a feeling that you want to be fully an adult and to have your affairs in order. An almost 30-year old should have a job with some responsibility, one that affords some seniority. As I leave my twenties I finally think of myself as a grown up. To some, having three kids makes me an adult, but until recently I continued to feel that the older people around me were the real adults.
Now that I'm growing into myself and want to have my ducks in a row one of my major concerns is that of health insurance. I feel vulnerable enough, finally, to see health insurance as a necessity rather than a luxury that might come with a good job...
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Posted on February 25, 2006 at 06:19 PM | Permalink
Review of Health Insurance Dilemma
Personal confrontation of a real problem for over 40 million Americans. Great for the average listener. And for the more well-to-do listener, those with executive influence, it can connect them to a reality they may not see.
I really enjoy this kind of personal commentary.