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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_health_status(self, url, ssl_params, timeout):
 """ Don't send the "can connect" service check if we have troubles getting the health status """

        try:
            r = self._perform_request(url, "/health", ssl_params, timeout)
            # we don't use get() here so we can report a KeyError
            return r.json()[self.HEALTH_KEY]
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.debug("Can't determine health status: {}".format(e))