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When you lose your health insurance, you may also lose your primary doctor – and that hurts your health

  • Written by Jane Tavares, Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, UMass Boston
imageSeeing the same doctor on a regular basis is good for your health.Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

When you lose your health insurance or switch to a plan that skimps on preventive care, something critical breaks.

The connection to your primary care provider, usually a doctor, gets severed. You stop getting routine checkups. Warning signs...

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