Flu season adds problems for uninsured and unemployed

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With flu season approaching, and a second wave of the swine flu expected, the unemployed and uninsured are most likely to feel the pain first if they can't afford to get medical care.

Healthcare providers in southeast Texas, for example, are preparing for more drop-in patients who are uninsured because they don't have jobs anymore, according to a story by KMBT in Texas.

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