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For Many Americans, Health Cover is Key to a Job

Angelica Sosa-Bolte sorts through books that need to be shelved at Half Priced Books where she works in Dallas, Texas July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

SOUTHLAKE, Texas  - Real estate agent Lisa DeWaal serves coffee at a Starbucks outlet for four hours every morning before she goes to the office to start her "day job."

The reason has little to do with the state of the housing market and everything to do with the one big perk that 20 hours a week at the coffee counter provides: affordable health insurance for her and her three children.

Posted in healthcare singlepayer, universal healthcare