Ann, a woman from Mount Holly Springs, like millions of other Americans, is facing a challenge she feels powerless against: the crisis in our nation’s health care system. read more »
My employer has changed health insurance 3 times in the 5 years I’ve worked for them. Each carrier worse than the previous one. Prices continue to go up. Co-pays go up and coverage goes down. When my doctor found a lump in my breast, I was told to get a mammogram. Later, I found out my insurance wouldn’t cover it. I’m too young, they said. So my parents had to help me make payments for a $238 bill. I’ve decided that the next time a lump is found, I will NOT be getting the mammogram. I can’t afford it. I pray nothing bad ever happens to my family or myself.
