The Reel Feel For 9/26/09: Could Having Health Insurance Have Saved Her Life?
A story quickly becoming a national one sadly is the story of Kimberly Young. Now Kimberly was basically a few months older than me, and I can sort of relate to her story. But what was her story? As the title suggests, it is a sad one. Especially when I have to use the words "was" instead of "is." From KYpost.com , via the incomparable TPM and its LiveWire . Young, just like me, was a recent college graduate. And just like her, I have no health insurance at this point because of being a freelance journalist at this point. For those who can't here or see the report on the KYpost link, here is the basics of the story. Young, who was reportedly a very healthy young lady, contracted the swine flu (H1N1) somehow, someway. Now Young was working a bunch of jobs after she graduated from Miami University (the Ohio one) in December 08. Those places she was employed through, including this one, didn't provide something very crucial to what every employee should be giv...