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As the president and Congress wrangle over how to fix America’s health care system, one number comes up over and over again: 47 million. That’s the estimated number of Americans without health insurance.What happens when they get sick? And what are their chances of getting better? How do you navigate the system if you can’t pay for care?This story is about a family that confronts those questions. A family who lost, and won, and ultimately lost again because they were uninsured. Dan Weissmann and I talked to Vocalero Cheryl Calvin to get her story.
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Why this young man doesn't pay his medical bills.
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These two kids tell Jesse what they plan to do when they age out of their mother's health care coverage.
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Doc in a Box »
This man tells Jesse about going to a "doc in a box," when he needed to see a doctor but didn't have insurance.
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