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Fifty-two year old Lyn Robinson says she works out, takes good care of herself and doesn’t think she needs to buy health insurance. She says she’d prefer to have a “direct relationship” with her doctor – she pays for the services herself. Because she’s paying the bill, she believes, she leads a healthier life.

Uninsured By Choice: A ‘Calculated Risk’ | People Who Choose Not To Have Health Insurance

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Article HTML <h1>Voluntarily Uninsured</h1> <div> <time class="posted-on" datetime="2009-10-03T20:12:00-04:00"> October 3, 2009 </time> </div> <p>Fifty-two year old Lyn Robinson says she works out, takes good care of herself and doesn’t think she needs to buy health insurance. She says she’d prefer to have a “direct relationship” with her doctor – she pays for the services herself. Because she’s paying the bill, she believes, she leads a healthier life. </p><p> <strong /></p><p> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/9F95DF2B-6893-4966-8130-90B1C303D452"> <strong>Uninsured By Choice: A ‘Calculated Risk’</strong> </a> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/86126D22-A169-4847-B260-DA327D824291">People Who Choose Not To Have Health Insurance</a></p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured/?share=x"> Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured/?share=facebook"> Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured/?share=linkedin"> Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn </a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Voluntarily%20Uninsured&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured%2F&share=email"> Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured/#print?share=print"> Click to print (Opens in new window) Print </a></li><li> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured/view/republish/"> Republish This Story </a> </li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100409npr-voluntarily-uninsured/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9989&ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>
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