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    posted 07/29/2009, comments (11)

    Living With Multiple Sclerosis: The Cost of Chronic Illness

    With the ongoing debate on ways to reform health care, I've been thinking about the routine medical care I receive in a typical year.  However, living with multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, it is not always easy to know if a particular year is going to be "typical" or not.  So I examined exactly what health care services I... Read moreChevron
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    posted 12/18/2008, comment (1)

    Cratchet, you're fired!

    The holiday season is upon us. For many, the lights are not quite so bright as in years past. Parents wrap gifts for the kids, emotions contained amidst a continuous flood of depressing economic news heaped upon them by the media. 401K statements, which were once greeted with anticipatory grins as envelopes were torn open are now things to be... Read moreChevron
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    posted 12/12/2008, comments (2)

    Health Care for the Holidays

    Have you seen the new page at MultipleSclerosisCentral.com - Health Care and Insurance?  If not, check it out. We’ve been having some great discussions on health care as it relates to MS patients.  Mandy and I have expressed some of our frustration with the challenge of access to AFFORDABLE health care within our current... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/21/2008, comments (3)

    A Crucial Decision

    I'm worried.My wife, Mandy, and I are firmly middle-class. We're not going to retire ultra-wealthy, but we really don't expect to be living in cardboard boxes either. We have dreams of perhaps making one more move and buying a nice little house somewhere closer to the ocean where we can take walks along the sand and pursue our online careers, even... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/15/2008, comments (5)

    Health Care Reform Part One: Between My Doctor and Me

    I am not uninsured; I am not poor. I am a taxpayer. I’ve never asked for handout and I do not intend to do so now. I do not have access to group health insurance, and since the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis a few years ago, I have a pre-exiting condition. I'm concerned about the lack of control regarding my own health care, and see a... Read moreChevron
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