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    posted 09/05/2008, comments (4)

    Obtaining Health Insurance: Individual vs. Group Plans

    There are several ways in which an individual may obtain health insurance.  And in the comment thread following my post - “Health Insurance Coverage Protects from Catastrophic Health Costs (!?!) - I promised to discuss various aspects of health insurance.  Today we will discuss some fundamental differences between obtaining... Read moreChevron
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    posted 09/02/2008, comments (11)

    Health Insurance Coverage Protects from Catastrophic Health Costs (!?!)

    So someone asks me, “What’s the hardest part of living with multiple sclerosis, Lisa?”     I would have to answer INSURANCE!!!     “Really?  Not the blindness, not the numbness or persistent tingling, not even the weakness or lack of coordination, or the overwhelming... Read moreChevron
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    posted 08/28/2008, comments (9)

    MS and Politics

    If you are a person living with multiple sclerosis and if you are at all interested in politics, then you already know that Michelle Obama’s father lived with multiple sclerosis.On the opening night of the Democratic National Committee convention, Michelle spoke fondly of her parents.“And I come here as a daughter - raised on the South... Read moreChevron
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    posted 08/26/2008, comments (14)

    So how many people in the US have MS?

    Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine about writing for Health Central and the topic of how many people have MS in the United States came up.  The best I could answer was that the National MS Society (NMSS) estimates that there are 400,000 Americans who live with multiple sclerosis.“It seems that everybody knows somebody with... Read moreChevron
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    posted 08/22/2008, comments (5)

    Who do you tell? When and Why? - Part 3 The Outer Realm

    I choose to tell others I have MS in part to put a face on the disease and then to help lift the veil of mystery and stigma associated with it. In a very real way, multiple sclerosis can be an invisible disease absent a clear public face; and with the use of the recent disease-modifying drugs, fewer MS patients end up in a wheelchair or severely... Read moreChevron
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