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	<title>A Spork in the Road</title>
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	<description>Writer, web developer, uninsured cancer survivor</description>
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		<title>Last Drink Bird Head</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/09/last-drink-bird-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a very short piece due for publication shortly in the funky flash fiction anthology Last Drink Bird Head. Here&#8217;s the promo:
What Is Last Drink Bird Head? That’s the catalyst editors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer provided to over 80 writers in creating this unique anthology, with all proceeds going to ProLiteracy.org. All each writer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less Talk, More Action in Dunedin</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/less-talk-more-action-in-dunedin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in the Tampa Bay area, please drop by our office on Saturday, June 6, 2009 between 3:00pm and 5:00pm for a Health Care Organizing Kickoff.
A bunch of folks have already confirmed &#8212; we&#8217;ll talk about what needs to change in the US health care system, and how to make that happen this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handing People Eternal Paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/handing-people-eternal-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance woes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bethadele.com/spork/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear United Healthcare &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; Bureaucrat:
Today I read an article from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune entitled McGuire&#8217;s payday is a shame, if not a crime, which discusses notorious former United HealthGroup&#8217;s CEO Bill McGuire who was a hot topic in 2005 until he had to step down from his position:
&#8220;Dollar Bill&#8221; has made lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Leg to Stand On</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/a-leg-to-stand-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 21:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance woes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear United Healthcare &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; Bureaucrat:
My Canadian friends have begun expressing their compassion for my being American and insurance-less. Karina (a Toronto native) points out: &#8220;I&#8217;ve heard horror stories about the American health system, but it is always that much more real, more shocking, when such things happen to someone that you care about.&#8221;
Our country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riddle Me This, Bureaucrat</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/riddle-me-this-bureaucrat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear United Healthcare &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; Bureaucrat:
Riddle me this, Bureaucrat: if you were going to deny my insurance claims if my doctor found anything wrong with me in the first two years of coverage, then why didn&#8217;t you require a physical examination before you would issue a policy at all?
At least we would all have known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You, United Healthcare Bureaucrat</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/thank-you-united-healthcare-bureaucrat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear United Healthcare &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; Bureaucrat:
I would like to thank you for denying my insurance claim and rescinding my coverage while I was in the middle of chemotherapy.
For many years, I experienced a deep and paralyzing fear of making noise. I don&#8217;t mean audible noise: I mean Making Noise, attracting attention, asserting my will in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Friends Like These &#8211; Who Cares About Enemies?</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/with-friends-like-these-who-cares-about-enemies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/with-friends-like-these-who-cares-about-enemies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer swag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right after I finished chemo, I received a card with the following text from the inimitable Jeff Dow, who sent me a card every week while I was in treatment and thus, although he lives a dozen blocks from my house, was my most faithful correspondent during the six months of chemo. The card accompanied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to a Faceless Bureaucrat</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/letter-to-a-faceless-bureaucrat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/letter-to-a-faceless-bureaucrat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance woes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bethadele.com/spork/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Faceless United Healthcare &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; Bureaucrat:
Of course I mean &#8220;faceless&#8221; metaphorically. I&#8217;m sure you have a face. At least I hope you do. If you don&#8217;t, you have my full sympathy, and I hope you have health insurance and that your facelessness was not ruled a pre-existing condition.
I mean, how much would it suck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Rule &amp; Guantanamo Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/golden-rule-guantanamo-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/golden-rule-guantanamo-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance woes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bethadele.com/spork/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk about legality.
So I&#8217;m still investigating the details of this matter, but let&#8217;s look at how things are laid out right now.
Because I went to a massage therapist off and on last year&#8230; and because the massage therapist mentioned I might want to see my doctor if the swelling by my collarbone didn&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Health Care &#8220;Golden Rule&#8221; Awarded &#8220;Most Ironic Company Name Ever&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/united-health-care-golden-rule-awarded-most-ironic-company-name-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethadele.com/spork/2009/05/united-health-care-golden-rule-awarded-most-ironic-company-name-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adele Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance woes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bethadele.com/spork/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I signed up for health insurance.
I had just turned thirty, and mortality was on my mind. I had never had any health problems, I come from a healthy family, and I had figured it was just easier to run under the radar. When I turned thirty, I thought it was time to get [...]]]></description>
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