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A lot had been going lately, so I decided it was time for a change in my life. The most logical thing to do at this point in time was to pack up my stuff and move to a new state. I had 3 choices: Texas, Florida, or Georgia. Florida had beautiful weather but is hurricane prone. Texas is super hot but I have family in Texas so I'd be able to adjust relatively easily. Georgia has good universities, especially the historically black universities.

Unable to make a decision completely on my own, I called my mom for advice. She had been the one who had influence me to move in the first place, citing that the change would do me some good. “Who offers the best health insurance?” she asked when I looked for advice. Health insurance? Was she serious?

“I don't think there's much of a difference betweenTexas, Georgia and Florida health insurance, Mom,” I replied to her. I could hardly see what health insurance had to do with anything.

“You get sick easily, don't you? You want to be wherever you get the best health insurance coverage, because if you don't you'll end up getting very sick with nowhere to go.”

She had a point. I get sick very very easily because my immune system is weak. My previous year would have been pure torture if I didn't have insurance. I honestly caught every virus, bacteria, and illness that went around campus. I'd only started avoiding sicknesses when I began taking Vitamin C, and even then I would still catch a cold or two. People even started staying away from me, especially when they were sick, because they knew just how quickly I caught illnesses.

I hadn't even bothered to look for health care plans because, well, who does that? But I looked up a few plans anyway, deciding that I had nothing to lose. Turns out the school I wanted to go to in Georgia offered a health insurance plan as part of tuition, which meant I wouldn't have to worry about paying for it out of pocket.

I called my mom back to tell her what I'd found, and she sounded really excited. I'm not going to base this life-changing decision on some health insurance. Thought it's good to have that in mind, it's nowhere near enough to influence me this greatly.

I just hope this doesn't come back to bite me later.