State:: Illinois

Occupation:: Homecare Giver

I have an adult daughter with an acquired disability. In a small way I am compensated for the expense of caring for her in my home by the State of Illinois’ home caregiver program. The fund has…

State:: Florida

Occupation:: Retired

Medicare,medicaid and insurance cost reduction.
I’m aware of doctor shortages in US.I did not have any prostate problems.Under the pressure of more that one doctor and my family too I ask my primary doctor to refer me to an…

State:: Ontario

Occupation:: school

Health care is something that everyone needs since there first minutes of life. However the health care system is lacking. There are not enough doctors and nurses for the whole population and it seems that people who have…

State:: Expatriate living abroad

Occupation:: Retired

I am retired as a result of a disability acquired while working for the Department of Defense that is regulated under “The Longshoreman’s Act”. Well documented complications, thrombosis, PTS, lung embolism, post-embolitic pulmonary hypertension, cerebral hemorrhage…

State:: Illinois

Occupation:: Pressman

I recently saw a doctor due to a spell where I ‘Passed Out’, this was the first doctors visit in about three years. I received a standard check up, which was followed up by a blood test, EKG…

State:: Tennessee

Occupation:: School

“How are people going to live with out health insurance!”
I am 15 my dad has to sit in pain 24 hours a day with out medicine.He has had 4 back surgery’s in the past year.They cut his insurance…

State:: Florida

Occupation:: Retired

I am now retired and on Medicare but several years ago I found myself suspecting I was ill, and without insurance. I tried to purchase Blue Cross/Blue Shield but was denied for the most ridiculous reasons such as…

State:: Minnesota

Occupation:: Teacher

I am a teacher at a parochial school in Minnesota, my husband is in the national guard and just got back from Iraq. Even through the military our insurance costs two hundred and thirty dollars a month for…

State:: Ohio

Occupation:: President/Executive

My daughter runs half marathons at record pace and has body fat of less than 15%, yet her health insurance rejected her on high cholesterol. When we wrote to prove her cholesterol was better than accepted norms they…

I am disabled with a chronic pain condition called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and receive medicaid. It is bad enough that it is nearly impossible to find doctors that take medicaid or that medicaid has now gone to a hmo format.…