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I think you missed something. There are a lot of people like my husband and I who have tried every provider we could find and our pr-existing conditions keep us form buying insurance. We had no problem in TN and were shocked once we settled in Oregon, got our business started that we couldn't find any. We work six eleven hour days a week, live in an older RV, don't have cable and ride our bikes to work, don't smoke, aren't over weight and watch every penny. I am paying over $400 dollars a month on medication. There is the high risk insurance, but it is expensive and would cost us 600 a month and wouldn't pay for pr-existing conditions for the first six months. So for the first six months we would need to come up with $1100 a month. We just don't have it. It is wonderful that you do not need to see the doctor often and that you could even get insurance here in Oregon. I wish we were in your shoes, but that is the point, many of us aren't. It is a little insulting to the many hard working people to imply that we are just squandering our money or not trying hard enough. But I think many politicians would agree with your assessment of the situation.

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