I also had a childhood illness of my own when I was nine years old. It was very similar to spinal meningitis. That wasn't the exact diagnosis, but I was hospitalized for three months and My grandparents had health insurance but they learned in my time of need that it didn't cover grandchildren. I wasn't a legal dependent of theirs. And all of that in my background, watching my mother struggle to get the healthcare she needed, watching my grandparents worry that having an uninsured grandchild, what would happen if I were seriously ill or injured? (02:59–03:07)
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Asserts that health insurance did not cover grandchildren at the time of her childhood illness.
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