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By Bobbie Sage, About.com Guide to Personal Insurance since 2002

Why You Need Health Insurance Before it's Too Late

Saturday November 18, 2006
Have you read the story of Ann and Delbert, Ugly truth: no health insurance, no liver transplant? Delbert needed a liver transplant but could not get on the list because he had no health insurance.

"He called two of the three liver transplant centers in San Antonio — the public University Hospital and the private Methodist Healthcare System. Both said he needed health insurance or government coverage — either Medicare, a program for the disabled or elderly, or Medicaid, which mainly covers poor women and children in Texas, Ann said. Because Delbert had none of those coverages, neither hospital would put him on the transplant list, Ann said."

Are you uninsured and need help getting health insurance? Learn more about the different ways to get health insurance at Top 10 Ways to Get Health Insurance With No Job or Little Money

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