Single Shot: Health coverage might be the latest reason to wed

Seattle Post Intelligencer by Diane Mapes | Mar. 1, 2009 (Special Report)

I love working; I love earning my own keep. But what I don't love is that good health care is so out of reach for a certain segment of society that it's making people consider all sorts of wacky schemes to "get some."

In 2007, for instance, 7 percent of U.S. adults got married not because they were madly in love, but because one or the other needed health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health policy research group. Full Story »

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 by Peter L. Combs - Mar. 2, 2009

Stories of this nature rarely reveal anything, this is not really journalism, an oddball piece. Decently written, no depth or meaningful background information. An unsupported stat on 7% of people getting married for health insurance?

Every society has folks who find themselves in unfortunate situations. Choosing a mate with health care is for some the best deal they have the ability to make.

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