Would you marry someone for their health insurance?

By Brittany Luse,

Corey Antonio Rose, Neena Pathak

Published July 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM EDT

Would you marry someone for their health insurance?

Many people feel that finding a lifelong partner can require a good bit of luck...but can the same be said for lifelong healthcare? Today, Brittany is joined by Maris Kreizman, author of I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays, to understand the precarious relationship between finding love and finding consistent health insurance.

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Brittany Luse

Brittany Luse is an award-winning journalist, on-air host, and cultural critic. She is the host of It's Been a Minute and For Colored Nerds. Previously Luse hosted The Nod and Sampler podcasts, and co-hosted and executive produced The Nod with Brittany and Eric, a daily streaming show. She's written for Vulture and Harper's Bazaar, among others, and edited for the podcasts Planet Money and Not Past It. Luse and her work have been profiled by publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vulture, and Teen Vogue.

Corey Antonio Rose

Neena Pathak