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Why Obamacare wouldn’t have worked anyway

Erica G. Jarrett, MD
Policy
March 13, 2017

Pause with me for a moment and create an image in your mind of the quintessential healthy person. What do you see?

I picture someone who is slim and agile. They probably bike or walk to work and engage in daily exercise. They cook for themselves, use fresh vegetables and few processed foods. They find satisfaction in their career and home life, mange stress well and devote time to meaningful hobbies …

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Why Obamacare wouldn’t have worked anyway

Why this physician stopped prescribing birth control

Erica G. Jarrett, MD
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October 31, 2016

Her 17-year-old legs dangled over the edge of the exam table. She had come for a prescription of oral contraceptives. Her boyfriend, she said, had been patient. He wasn’t ready to be a father, and so they were waiting. But lately he had started to put the pressure on and asked her to come in. She wasn’t eager for this change in their relationship, but it seemed like the next …

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