These stories come from the real people who live with a broken health care system. Some have health insurance and some do not. Many of these stories suggest potential solutions* that lead to quality, affordable health care we can count on. One thing we all agree on is that the we cannot trust the insurance industry to fix themselves. To learn more about what Health Care for America Now stands for read our Statement of Common Purpose.
We wanted to give you a chance to speak for yourself, in your own voice, about the need for Health Care for America Now. Do you have something to say? Tell us your story.
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Anonymous
Athens, OH
I have stage 4 breast cancer. I am almost in remission and take no cancer drugs. I am stuck in a dead end job which takes half my paycheck to pay for my insurance premiums. I have an oppertunity to take a job that pays way more money than I earn now doing work that is much more in line with my passions but has no health insurance coverage. I resent the fact that no insurance company will touch me because of my pre existing condition. Do I stay in my dead end job that I don't like at all because it offers high cost health insurance or do I take a job that will feed my soul and make me happy plus make me a little richer and take my chances? I am opting to take my chances and work on my health issues without the help of health care providers who overcharge for everything. I am not afraid of dying and have no intention of taking chemo or any of the other toxic drugs prescribed for cancer. If I lived in any other part of the industrialized world I would be able to work where I wanted and still be taken care of. Not here!!!!! Shame on America for not taking care of it's citizens. I have worked all of my life, pay my taxes, volunteer and help my co workers, neighbors and family. Shame on America for leaving me in this situation.
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