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Young and Hopeless

By Anna Crawford
February 21st, 2006

I stay at home with my daughter now, and although my husband makes the average American income (40,000) - we still can't afford insurance. We don't have cable, have basic internet for my schooling, and are very frugal people. If we did have insurance, we couldn't pay for our medical bills. read more »

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Pre-Existing Condition

By Andrea Young
December 5th, 2005

13 years ago I was fully covered by health insurance in California. I moved to Washington with a new job, not a single day of unemployment. I then got another insurance plan. Then about 6 weeks later I found out that I was pregnant. The current health plan said pre-existing condition. read more »

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Deductable Rules Our Operation

By Richard Baker
March 23rd, 2005

Last year I was diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury and scheduled for surgery. The deductable was prohibitive for us so I had to decline the surgery and wait a year until I can get on Medicare, meanwhile hoping my shoulder would not deteriorate beyond repair. read more »

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Health Care System Should be Bush's Priority

By Susan Faust
March 23rd, 2005

We are an upper income family, and we are being told to expect our health insurance premiums to increase 65-85% EVERY YEAR. My husband's business is forced to shop carriers annually, causing disruption and distress to all employees. The hourly workers want to drop their insurance altogether -- increasing the burden on our public hospitals. read more »

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The Progressive Vision for Healthcare

Submitted by Ian Mishalove
January 14th, 2008
"An essential part of our progressive vision is an America where no citizen of any age fears the cost of health "

- Senator Edward Kennedy
   12 January 2005 Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

Instead of Funding Universal Healthcare, Dollars Become Insurance Company Profits

Submitted by Melinda Gibson
January 14th, 2008
"We’re already paying for universal coverage. We’re just not getting it. We’re pouring a large portion of every health care dollar into the waste of the private insurance companies, their executive salaries and stock options, their lobbying and advertising."

- Congressman Dennis Kucinich
    Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

Americans Deserve Better Healthcare and Results from Washington

Submitted by Robert Borosage
January 14th, 2008
"This is a program written by and for the insurance companies and the drug companies by Bush political appointees and GOP legislators...[It] shovels billions in subsidies to the insurance companies…[But] seniors are paying the price in confusion, catastrophic drug cutoffs and escalating drug prices."

- Reverend Jesse Jackson
   4 January 2006 Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

Spitzer on Children's Healthcare

Submitted by Chris Rasmussen
November 7th, 2007
""To deny coverage to these children is not only morally wrong, it is profoundly bad public policy. Denying children health coverage during their formative years leaves them far more vulnerable to preventable diseases, which costs patients, government and taxpayers far more to treat in the future... "

- Governor Elliot Spitzer - New York
   
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Progressive Opinion

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McCain's Health Plan: You're on Your Own

By Jared Bernstein
From alternet.org
Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
September 30th, 2008
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alternet.org — An estimated 20 million people would lose employer coverage under McCain's plan.

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Get Sick and Get Out

By Harold Pollack
From huffingtonpost.com
Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
September 22nd, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — Medical bills are a factor in 23 percent of home foreclosures. Medical debt is central to the story. This is hardly surprising. Times are hard for everyone. Throw in a chronic illness or an injury that knocks you or your spouse out of work, mix in a $50,000 medical bill, and you've lost the family home.

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How the Candidates' Health Plans Would Affect Real People

By Trudy Lieberman
From alternet.org
Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
September 15th, 2008
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alternet.org — A look at the way each candidate's plan might affect your ability to fill prescriptions, find a competent doctor and pay the bills.

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The Rise of Medical Tourism

By Mridu Khullar
From thewip.net
Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
September 15th, 2008
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thewip.net — With health care costs rising at twice the pace of inflation, Americans are heading off to foreign shores for their medical needs.

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Universal Health Care: U.S. vs. U.K.

By Thomas DeLorenzo
From huffingtonpost.com
Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
September 15th, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — As I have experienced both sides of the equation, I know first hand what its like to live with Universal Healthcare and with life is like without it. I have had the good fortune to experience Universal healthcare in Great Britain when my boyfriend was alive. There was no such thing as no coverage for pre-existing conditions, there were no horrible waits, and there was no impersonal service