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.
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Anonymous
Silver Spring, MD
At the age of 28, I was planning on a perfectly healthy pregnancy and delivery -- I had exercised all my life and was in great shape. Unfortunately, not only was I diagnosed with gestational diabetes, but I had a complicated delivery and my son had to spend his first day and a half in the NICU. The hospital bill and related charges came to $22,000. Thank goodness my husband and I had good health insurance and we only had to pay a fraction of that cost. But if we had been uninsured, we would have been unable to afford the cost of our own child's birth.
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