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Women under 50 'face work stress risk'

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Your health care stories - Current.com members talk about their experiences with the American health care system

So in the midst of all the international high drama happening between New York and Pittsburgh this week, let us not forget that back in Washington, lawmakers are still grappling with a monster of a health care debate. About a week ago I asked for you guys to send us some of your personal experiences with health care and health insurance in the US. Mostly we heard stories from people without insurance or with costly bills. Here are a few of them:
From user Justanks:
I have no health insurance. I can't afford it since I am an independent contractor and my husband is out of work. I have been able to get my daughter on the state medical but when I was paying out of pocket when we were better off it was costing over $600 a month for the 3 of us to have medical.That didn't include co-pays. Twice my daughter has had to stay at the hospital due to emergencies and they bill came out WAY over $700 each time. I know that is better than full price, but when you are still in school it is not realistic to pay that in full before you leave the hospital. I already pay taxes that are spent on govt.' officials medical and the BS they decide to spend it on, why shouldn't some of it go to my family having medical?
It's an oft-mentioned number but it's estimated that as many as 45 million Americans are without health insurance. Of course, even with health insurance, costs can pile up. Millions of Americans are weighed down by medical debt, like user cafiredancer:
I am in over $17,000 in medical debt (from just day to day things such as child birth and family misshaps, choked on a piece of meat, dislocated shoulder, broken foot from soccer and more recently a diagnosis in myself of Melanoma). At times we had insurance but could not pay deductables or had a large out of pocket. My husband and I have been without medical insurance for a majority of our 13 years together....it's already becoming the demise of a chance at any sort of financial freedom. At one point in time we were homeless, they didn't care, they still wanted their money...
One example for health care reformers has been Massachusetts, which has instituted a state wide health insurance mandate. This requirement for all citizens to have health insurance is a model that may in Congress are considering. Current.com user bc_f is from Massachusetts:
i live in MA where it's already illegal not to have health insurance. i am on unemployment and because of that i have subsidized health care from the state. it's actually not that bad, although i don't get dental or anything like that. a few months ago i had to have emergency surgery and had to stay overnight in the hospital. if it weren't for subsidized care i would be thousands of dollars in debt. i only had to pay $100 for the emergency room copay
On the News Blog we heard from a couple of people who had specific questions about how college students would be affected. From John Dye:
I’m a college student. I’m currently uninsured, unemployed, and I’ve been wondering how I will be affected if healthcare reform is passed? Will I be penalized for not having insurance? How am I supposed to pay for that if I’m a full time college student? I have zero income except for what the govt already gives me in financial aid.
The good news for college students who would be compelled to find health insurance by a legal mandate is that those costs would be subsidized by the government. That's true for anyone with a low income.

We did see one counter-example in the comments, from user courage:
My insurance is cheap and i have never had a problem with it. I have a eye desease i have to visit the doctor all the time and recieve expensive eye drops so as not to go blind all i ever pay is 10 dollars even for 90 dollar a gram drops....This country is powerful thanks to capitalism and free markets and personel responsibility and finacial and personel liberty, dont give it away for a false since of security.
If you have a story, let us know. We'll keep covering this for the next several weeks and beyond. Also if you're interested in working with someone on the Current News staff to tell a deeper story about your experience with the health care system, speak up. Leave your comments over here on current.com.

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What's your health insurance story?

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'Suicide voyeur' nurse William Melchert-Dinkel allegedly talked people into death online

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Catchy song, funny film with pretty nurses

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50 Best Blogs for New Nurses

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Nurses Needed!

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Nurse-Out Duels IRS Over MBA Tuition.

How One Woman Went to Tax Court and Won Deduction

A Maryland nurse accomplished two rare feats in her battle with the Internal Revenue Service: She defended herself against the agency's lawyers and won, and she got a ruling that could help tens of thousands of students deduct the cost of an M.B.A. degree on their taxes.

The U.S. Tax Court handed Lori Singleton-Clarke her victory last month, saying the 47-year-old Bryantown, Md., woman had properly deducted nearly $15,000 in business school tuition. The Tax Court ruling should make it easier for many other professionals to deduct the expense of a Master in Business Administration degree.
After getting word of the court decision, "I nearly yelled the roof off the house," Ms. Singleton-Clarke says. "I still can hardly believe it."

The IRS's rules on deducting work-related tuition are complicated and onerous, ultimately preventing most students from deducting their tuition. But this case clarifies the rules and will likely lead to more taxpayers taking the deduction, tax experts say.

Few taxpayers decide to go toe to toe with the IRS as Ms. Singleton-Clarke did, arguing her case without a lawyer. For good reason: In 2009, individuals won only about 10% of about 300 such cases, according to data from Tax Analysts. Ms. Singleton-Clarke fought her case in Tax Court, a venue where taxpayers don't have to pay the contested tax before going to trial. The court has a special procedure for small cases.

Some of the losers, such as several dozen tax protesters who defended the filing of frivolous returns, were tilting at tax windmills. Others were simply on the wrong side of the law, including a horse enthusiast who wanted to deduct his hobby losses, an unsuccessful comedian who tried to classify his expenses as business losses, and an attorney who claimed over $100,000 in medical deductions for his visits to prostitutes.

http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/108550/nurse-outduels-irs-over-mba-tuition?mod=taxes-advice_strategy

http://poietes.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/no-irs.jpgHow One Woman Went to Tax Court and Won Deduction A Maryland nurse accomplished two... more

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Barbara Boxer Ignorant of 150,000 Nurses who Condemn Senate Healthcare Bill

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Outspoken TV Shows feature Life Long Learning with Rasmussen and Orthopedics with Dr. Ben Domb and Varicose Vein Info with Dr. Sharma

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100 Useful Continuing Ed Links for Nurses

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iPhone Sex Apps

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Nurses at hospital caught on the job playing Facebook game Farmville

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