By Molly Adams

Molly Adams is an uninsured recent college graduate who sent us these thoughts on the health care debate. Originally broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. For a related lesson plan, check out PBS Teachers.

 "So what do you do?” is a question people ask a lot when you're
  fresh out of college. I’m a freelancer, doing all kinds of broadcast
  production jobs. But that doesn’t cover my rent.

  So I’m also a bartender.

None of these jobs come with health insurance.

I was lucky growing up. My parents were always steadily employed, sometimes by the government, so I always had health care. I remember trying to argue my mom out of a wisdom tooth extraction in high school. I said, "I bet it's really expensive! It can’t be worth it."

"Honey. It's $70," she said back. "We have insurance."

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