Those who were once sick recognize that the choices made here allow them to stay healthy, work to support their families and contribute to their communities.

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They could deny treatment for specific conditions, especially right after a policy is purchased, to dissuade people from signing up only once they get sick.

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She could count the times he had crossed the threshold of her room, but now he lifted her in his arms as he once had their sick spaniel and slid her into his sedan.

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Because once a month they have sick problems.

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"Someone once said an incubator is where you put sick babies, " says Robert Higgins, managing general partner of Highland Capital.

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The once-young mother now is old, sick and ready to die.

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How many of us have been told how "scary" certain places are because someone knew someone who'd once heard of someone who'd been robbed on a train or gotten sick from the water?

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But he says that once contaminated peanut butter is consumed, the bacteria can multiply quickly and make people sick.

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This is about what reform would mean for middle-class families who will be able to afford health insurance for the very first time in their lives and get a regular checkup once in a while, and have some security about their children if they get sick.

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Once more he punched home his priorities: immigration reform, protecting the elderly and the sick, investing in schools and roads and gun control.

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