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Originally Posted by nekokami
 You don't have to agree with me. I'm thinking of a specific author who has 19 books in print, including some on bestseller lists, who really did have to file bankruptcy and lose his house due to medical bills. He did have a full-time job, up to the point that he got laid off, wrote a book, and started pulling in enough money to make it worthwhile to write full-time instead. Until the medical bills rolled in. Writers don't get health insurance through their publishers. |
But, that wasn't because he didn't get paid for his work. It was because he didn't buy some medical insurance. You can get an emergency medical (no well care included) coverage with $1000 deductable for a few bucks a month.
I don't see how this means that he didn't get paid for writing?
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