Alice Gallup, NM 87301
My partner was offered a great job opportunity - higher pay and full health benefits for the first time ever after 15 years of working 60-80 hours a week. We both left our jobs in New York and spent about $4,000 to move to New Mexico. After he start...
 
Becky Baker Lincoln, NE 68504
I have a 15 year-old daughter who was eligible for Medicaid but somehow lost it. Her father was supposed to provide child support but because he didn't, she lost out. She is insulin resistant and has a high potential for diabetes, as well as an ovaria...
 
Allen Adams Fremont, NE 68025
I've been uninsured since 2001. I'd been working for 16 years in the same packing house. Over that time I hurt my back and my feet on the cement floors, causing nerve damage in both feet. I can't work there with those kinds of problems and so I've sta...
 
Sharon Holmstrand Beatrice, NE 68310
My partner and I own a small realty business in Lincoln. We simply cannot afford the deductibles anymore. It has gotten up to $1,000 for just the two of us, which is too much when you're trying to make it in this economy. Now we just work hard at not ...
 
Marda Hultman Omaha, NE 68164
I've had cancer three times now and have watched the bills pile up and skyrocket over the years. When I was first sick in 1980, we never even saw a doctor bill. Then, the second time around we had co-payments, and now this time we have bigger deductib...
 
Emily Jones Omaha, NE 68144
I'm in medical school right now and I'm definitely seeing how hard it is for people who don't have health insurance and for people who don't have enough health care insurance. I see uninsured kids a lot, and that's always the most heartbreaking, becau...
 
James Cox Omaha, NE 68131
As a small business owner I have a lot of concerns about health care reform. I think we need a great public option, because it's become impossible to be a small business owner, offer health insurance, and compete in the market. I have great prospectiv...
 
Jama Young Omaha, NE 68114
I'm an uninsured student. I'm also an asthmatic, which makes health care really expensive for me. I had it for a while and then I couldn't afford it anymore, so I had to go without it. I have several medications that I am supposed to take in order to ...
 
Dianna Chadbourne Hampden, ME 04444
I think there need to be more options in health care. I worked in the health care field for over 22 years. A year and a half ago my office was bought out by a company that wanted to save money by getting rid of all the long-term and higher paid staff....
 
Gina Milano Canaan, ME 04924
Poor people in the U.S. need help with health insurance. I'm a single, uninsured mother stuck in that middle ground, where I make too much money to get most state aid and I make too little to afford an individual plan. I had health insurance until rec...
 
Wayne Briggs Springfield, ME 04487
I'm 23-years old and I haven't had health insurance since I was 18. I want it and I'd pay for it if I made more money or my job offered it, but things aren't working that way. I already owe a couple of hospitals thousands of dollars because I had an e...
 
Ida Landry Norridgewock, ME 04957
I had Maine Care. It really saved my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of years ago. I didn't know what I'd do, what my family would do, or even how to get all the treatment. Luckily Maine Care stepped in and provided health insurance ...
 
Michele Mahar Skowhegan, ME 04976
My family has health insurance through my husband's employment. We've been happy with it to some extent, but the premium cost is incredibly high and we have a $2,000 deductible. We've been lucky because all 3 of our kids are pretty healthy so we haven...
 
Caryl Estes Waterville, ME 04901
I've been pretty lucky. I turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare at just the right time. I was able to avoid the huge monthly payments associated with private health insurance because I've been lucky enough to be healthy. I mean, I haven't really...
 
Ronda Hilker Arapahoe, NE 68922
My husband and I are honest, hardworking, tax paying, land owning, US citizens; who used to have what we thought to be "good health coverage" We had paid our premiums faithfully on time every month for nearly 17 years, to later learn our hospital clai...
 
Patty Clark Roby, MO 65557
I am a married mother of 2 young boys. I had knee surgery in March and subsequently lost my job. I was unable to go back to work for an extended period of time and they had to let me go. Now I am uninsured, along with my children and husband and I fac...
 
Kendra and Steve Coblentz Rolla, MO 65401
We are a married couple living on a farm. I have insurance and Steve does not. While he prefers farming, he now plans to begin driving trucks because making a living on a farm is getting more and more difficult. I have already started working at a loc...
 
Steve Calvin Rolla, MO 65401
I have been given the wrong medication multiple times at the hospital. The local hospitals are understaffed and underfunded in my very rural community and I know that these simple but deadly mistakes wouldn't happen under better circumstances. ...
 
Jeff Sands Rolla, MO 65401
I was assaulted 18 years ago and left with traumatic brain injuries. I work when I am able to – rather than take the disability income which I am eligible for - but everytime I transition from one to the other I have a two-year waiting period before...
 
Margaret Cardin Rolla, MO 65401
I am a 47 year old house wife who was forced to leave my job because of health reasons and subsequently lost my health insurance coverage. When my husband (who also had health insurance) suffered from a heart attack we were both left with tremendous d...
 
Kim Wagner Rolla, MO 65401
I am a direct support care giver for people with disabilities who provides health care services but does not have her own health insurance. Although it is available through work, the cost is very high and the cap on the plan is so low that one hospita...
 
William Humes Newburg, MO 65550
I am a 73-year-old war veteran who has health insurance through the military and Medicare. If I was primarily relying on veterans services for my health care needs I would need to drive 2 hours to the nearest veterans hospital and be forced to wait s...
 
Jennifer Blossom Cummings, KS 66016
I am a full-time student, independent vendor and mother of a daughter who was diagnosed with MS at age 18. She is plagued by numerous symptoms – such as 50% blindness and swelling in her brain. She is currently able to utilize Kansas Medicaid but a...
 
Renae Hammon Rolla, MO 65402
My company works as a vendor for the state and the insurance company continues to increase the deductible. In fact, it has reached $5,000, which is unmanageable unless you have a heart attack or cancer or something life threatening. With this kind of ...
 
Sam Huey Union City, TN 38261
I'm a Vet and POW with VA benefits and Medicare. I've worked my whole life and I've still got problems. I can get great service and coverage if I can get to the right facility. Problem is-the closest place for me to use is 70 miles away in Peducah or ...
 
Mary Dunavant Union City, TN 38261
I've known Tanner my whole life and he needs to know how worried some of us are about health care. I'm a retired school teacher and I don't want all these young people to get left with nothing. I mean, I have benefits from school but these young, new ...
 
Eric Hamm Obion, TN 38240
I blew out a disc in my back at work. I thought I was covered by my job. Turned out they weren't going to take care of their obligations – then the insurance companies wouldn't take me on after that because of m “pre-existing conditions.” Now I'...
 
Tim Webster Wingo, KY 42088
I had to go the emergency room a few months back. I ended up with 33,000 dollars in debt. Thank god for some companies helping out with that but I've still got over $13,000 dollars in debt and I don't know how I'm gonna pay for that. I've got two kids...
 
Channa Hunter Wingo, KY 42088
I'm a single Mom and can't get health care or any help at all really. I've got Fibromyalgia, gout, diabetes and arthritis and I just think we need more help so that we can help help. I'm tired of hurting. ...
 
Zachary Jackanicz Union City, TN 38261
I'm young and can work long hours – so I do. Problem is that I work and work and work and I just can't afford health insurance. My job doesn't offer it and the cost of me buying it myself is outrageous. We need real health care!...
 
Dianah Guillory South Fulton, TN 38257
I've been a home health care worker for 24-years. A lot of us are under 40 hours a week and they don't offer health care to people who are even a minute under 40 hours. We end up providing health care services and can't even get any ourselves. ...
 
Melinda Vermillion Union City, TN 38261
I lost my health insurance after having my third baby. I've had two hospital visits since then, which is really hard to afford as a single mom. ...
 
Amber Vermillion Union City, TN 38261
I'm a new Mom and was really excited about having my baby-then I found out I'd be losing my Medicaid coverage as soon as I give birth. They said that I had to get the father to pay child support or they'd cut off my services but he's not even living i...
 
Melanie Allmon Union City, TN 38261
My family has pretty good insurance. They cover most things but it's my prescriptions and stuff like that kill me. If I get my medication than my husband can't get his that week and vise versa-so we take turns. ...
 
Kathy Moore Rives, TN 38253
Health insurance is just too expensive now. My husband and I both work full-time but we'd have to work 2 weeks for free just to have out kids on the same health insurance plans. ...
 
Joe Crawford Hickman, KY 42050
I've been working for 35 years as a business owner and independent contractor – mostly working on floors. I couldn't afford to get myself an individual plan so for years I had health insurance through my wife. Then we divorced and I lost that health...
 
Nancy Dillion Union City, TN 38261
I'm a retired nurse and I want health care reform! I worked in public health for years before I retired and what I KNOW we need is better access to quality care!...
 
Becky Biro Union City, TN 38261
I help run Take-N-Turns, it's a consignment shop in Union City. We're not huge, but my sister and I take turns. I get my insurance through my husband, not my shop and that seems pretty reasonable but there just aren't enough hospitals or specialists a...
 
Jean Johnson Troy, TN 38260
I think access to care here sucks. The doctors and hospitals seem great but I can't afford the insurance here. I make $1.62 an hour OVER the maximum to get state aid but not enough to afford it on my own. ...
 
Catherine Bryant Troy, TN 38260
I was in a car accident a while back. I had insurance through my job. Then I had to have all this rehab stuff for my knee after the accident and ended up losing my job because of it. Now I've got no job and no insurance and a ton of problems from this...