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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Mary
Pesotum, IL
I fell in November and broke my right wrist quite severely. Even with the health insurance I have through my work, I still owed the hospital and doctors over a thousand dollars. If my employer would have afforded the previous plan of health care, I would have owed less than half of that. It took me over 7 months to pay everything off. And I should consider myself "lucky" for having health care? This isn't good enough. My daughter owes thousands of dollars from 2 separate accidents last year and has applied for hardship assistance in order to get these bills paid. I have grandchildren who don't qualify for public health because their parents make just over the maximum allowed. They are several of the 3 million children who don't have health care at all.
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