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Article: Staying healthy to stay in the workforce: the role of health insurance.(health care)
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- Policy & Practice
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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Marcus was a manager in the telecommunications industry when he had a heart attack and, later, a massive stroke that left him unable to do his job. Fortunately, he was able to start his own business where, if he becomes fatigued, he can "just go in the office and lay my head down." "I can only work because I can control that," he said.
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Hannah, a software engineer, was diagnosed with three different kinds of cancer over a nine-year period. Because her illness caused gaps in her work history, she had difficulty finding another job and began working as an independent contractor. She and her husband divorced after the first cancer, ...