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HEALTH INSURANCE CASUALTY OF THE DAY: Roland Rogers - Frederic, WI - 10/14/2008

Posted by Colette Washing... on October 13, 2008 - 5:32pm

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Another Veteran Abandoned After Injury

"I served my country in the U.S. Navy and have never believed in a free ride, but I'm getting sick and tired of the way our insurance companies treat us," begins Roland Rogers of Frederic, Wis. "I'm a blue-collar worker who does a job that a lot of people wouldn't think of doing. It's hard physical work."

"Recently, I sustained an injury at work. It's a stress fracture in my foot, which I believe was caused by over 20 years of walking on the cement floors of this company. But the insurance company won’t help me, claiming I don't have the proof that this happened at work." 



"I wasn't going to fight them alone, so I ended up hiring a lawyer and they eventually paid up but it cost me dearly. I lost six weeks of wages when I was off recovering from my injury. Our income is approximately $40,000 a year, and we have two kids in college and a mortgage. It has caused a lot of unnecessary stress both at home and at work. Why is this happening in one of the richest countries in the world? Why aren’t we entitled to guaranteed healthcare?"

Sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

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Eighty-two percent of Americans think the U.S. healthcare system should be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt (Commonwealth Fund, Aug. 7, 2008). America's nurses know that only single-payer, improved and expanded Medicare for all will fix our broken system and the tragedy of our devastated families. HR 676, by U.S. Rep John Conyers, is the most comprehensive, cost effective way to achieve guaranteed healthcare for all.

 

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