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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Nancy
San Francisco, CA
I retired from a major medical center 1 1/2 yrs
ago after 24 years of service. I'm on COBRA now as the hospital has no retirement health care plan. When I'm finished with COBRA I'll be looking for an individual health plan that will accept me since I have asthma and a thyroid condition. A major HMO I contacted said "don't even bother filling out the application". Apparently, health insurance is only for the healthy. I think it's a sorry testament to us
as a country that we don't have universal
affordable health care. It's a shame to have
to worry about something so basic.
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