<p>A few weeks ago, I started receiving alarming emails about renewing my health insurance. “Renew now,” they said, “Or you risk losing your health insurance!”</p><p>I can’t risk losing health insurance so I got right on it and logged into my NY State of Health account to take care of it. When I got into the system, it told me I could not renew for another two weeks. Several more panic inducing emails arrived and there was literally nothing to do about it yet.</p><p>This made me think about how absolutely bonkers our health care system is.</p><p>To keep reading <a href="https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/health-care-every-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Health Care Every Year</a> visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. </p><p>This is Episode 482</p><p>Song: Unwell</p><p>Image by <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/renew-sign-on-garden-AA9jQIT1NPQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tim Mossholder</a> via Unsplash </p><p>To support this podcast:</p><p>Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!</p><p>Rate it at: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist">https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Mailing list: <a href="http://www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/">www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/">https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/</a></p><p>Support me on Patreon: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis">www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis</a></p><p>Kofi: <a href="http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis">http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis</a></p><p>PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist">https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join Substack: <a href="https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/">https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/</a></p><p>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/erainbowd">@erainbowd</a></p><p>Mastodon - @
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