Elaine
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| Introduction | Born in 1989 in Germany, I had to see the doctors on a quite regular basis: congenital neurodermatitis and hip dysplasia, chickenpox, sore knees, colds, scarlet fever, circulatory collapse… Health insurance was something I always took for granted. I never thought about what it would be like to be uninsured until last year’s February: I was brought to hospital as an emergency during my holiday. Diagnosed with thrombosis, the injections I required urgently cost about 380 Euros. In the middle of the night, with about 20 Euros in my purse, I was deliriously happy to be covered… |
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