From TPM Reader SJ, a side of the health care insurance struggle that I suspect is almost wholly invisible to most of the people who dominate the public conversation on this issue …

I’d like to add my two cents to this discussion because I feel like my family’s situation is something that often gets missed.

My wife and I have two children, ages 4 and almost 2. I’m an educator not working under contract and my wife works in agriculture. We’re very, very grateful that we are currently insured via BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program for low income families. We don’t use it much, save the shots and check-ups for the kiddos. But it’s a godsend, a just-in-case sort of comfort.

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