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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eagle, ID
The only time in my life I didn't have health insurance due to large mortgage company buyouts and quick job losses as a result of those buyouts, at this time I had a devastating snow mobile accident.
The health care needed was an air craft lift to the hospital, a lung tube and several xrays and scans over the broken bones. The hospital stay was 10 days.
I had no health insurance to pay the tens of thousands of dollars in hospital expenses. I couldn't pay for the rehabilitation needed after the hospital.
I was a single parent.
I went bankrupt.
I would not have needed to file for bankruptcy on all my bills had affordable health insurance been available to me.
The hospital would have gotten paid something for saving my life. The doctors that stepped up to give my lung a breathing tube would have gotten compensated for it from my health covereage.
I would not have felt like a thief to their services. I would not have sunk into an overwhelming depression, desperation and anxiety.
This would have made a tremendous difference to my mental well being and financial well being.
It would have made a world of difference to my little child and my whole family that witnessed not only my physical pain, but the lingering emotional and financial pain.
Affordable health care is a family value.
*Health Care for America Now is not responsible for the content of these stories. These stories are submitted by individuals in the online audience and have been edited in some cases. Health Care For America Now does not endorse any of the solutions or policy positions suggested in the content of these stories. Health Care for America Now is a coalition of organizations that agree to the Statement of Common Purpose.
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