With the number of people lacking medical insurance likely to keep skyrocketing now that companies are laying off employees by the thousands, I can't help but wonder whether the country's health will deteriorate as many put off seeing a doctor, or try to diagnose and treat themselves.
I started thinking about all this when a character on one of my favorite TV shows–”My Boys,” the TBS program about a female sportswriter and the guys she hangs with–lost his job as a radio disk jockey (the station went all-electronic, letting an I-Pod pretty much run the play list!), along with his health insurance. (COBRA was no doubt available, but the guy was virtually broke, so extension at his own expense wasn't an option.)
The character–Brendan–becomes increasingly ill with some mystery ailment. But rather than seek out a doctor, which he cannot afford, he keeps scanning the Web for a diagnosis that matches his symptoms.
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