And so it kind of started when I was nine. I was raised by my grandparents, and I had a serious childhood illness that landed me in the hospital. I was in [the hospital] for three months, and my grandparents had health insurance, but they realized that their health insurance did not cover me because I wasn't a legal dependent. Right. So they're like, okay, let's find her health insurance. And just like, you can't buy casualty insurance on a burning building. Apparently back then you couldn't buy health insurance for a burning child. (13:13–13:27)
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Asserts that Tammy Baldwin's grandparents' health insurance did not cover her hospitalization because she was not a legal dependent.
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