ex-lion tamer

at Feministe: What color are the holes in your parachute?

# for almost all of us, insurance comes through employment
# for almost all of us, COBRA payments are more than we can manage on umemployment benefits
# even if we have insurance, it comes with a “usual and customary charges” clause
# even if we have insurance, it comes with a maximum lifetime benefit
# and if we are unfortunate enough to have a medical condition, it can be literally impossible, at any price, to obtain private health insurance

Ok? That is our insurance backdrop. For our international readers, this is health insurance in the United States. Fun, isn’t it?