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Level -> Covering the uncovered (5/15/2007 3:22:09 PM)
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Covering the Uncovered
While Washington drags its collective feet on health reform, the states are moving ahead
By Michelle AndrewsPosted 5/6/07 For Joe Rothfarb, 24, getting coverage for healthcare has been a real pain in the neck. Years of playing the drums in a rock band have damaged the nerves that run up his left arm into his shoulder and neck, causing numbness and tingling and a sharp pain in his hand. The high-deductible policy he bought after college didn't kick in to help with his search for a diagnosis. His next plan did cover the doctor visits and tests-but when he tried to renew it last year, the carrier canceled. "I think I had too many claims," he says. Today, after months of going naked, Rothfarb is set: For just $40 a month plus copayments of $5 or $10, he's got a soup-to-nuts plan that should cover everything from CT scans to specialists to prescription drugs and physical therapy.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070506/14health.htm
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