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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Anthony
Portland, OR
I have terminal cancer. Medicare is all that is keeping me alive. After I pay my rent and medical insurance premiums, Internet, light and phone, I have $83.00 per month to LIVE on -- eat and pay prescription co-payments. Before I got Medicare this May, I was uninsured. So last year I spent $70.000.00 -- most of my retirement fund -- on medical care. I am now almost bankrupt. Without Medicare, I would be broke and probably dead. As it is, I'm forced to choose between eating and getting my prescriptions filled. I have a college education and worked all my life -- 30 years as a top-flight professional newsman. My news organization's owner -- Dr. Earl Brian -- bankrupted my newswire, UPI, stealing the management pension and health plans. That left me without a retirement. If there had been universal health insurance, I would still have my retirement fund and would not be near-destitute. Fortunately, my terminal cancer will kill me before too long, and this ordeal will be over.
Anthony O. Miller
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