Guaranteed Healthcare

I was denied essential dental care due to lack of funds. i was recently laid off, and of course I am trying very hard to find a new job. Unfortunately before a job interview, I had an uncomfortable toothache that caused my speech to be impaired from the swelling. This was bound to happen sooner or later because I had never seen a dentist before mainly because of the expense.

I have been diagnosed to have hyperthyroidism. I've applied for health insurance from Blue Shield of California and HealthNet, but they denied me coverage due to my illness. I cannot get health insurance from my employer because I work part-time and go to school at the same time.

I have sent in my story but needed to add one more thing. I wrote our President and Senators about taxing the gaming industry for even one nickel of every dollar Americans spend could go into programs to benefit us when we needed it. They could create a Federal Lottery so people could choose how to spend the recreation dollar.

I had a heart attack last month. Something in my left back shoulder area has constricted the blood flow to my heart. I tried to get workers compensation for the back injury I sustained in 2005 when pulled and twisted by big boxes on a conveyor belt. The pain in my left back shoulder has been constant and severe since the injury. I had to use company doctors and could not see family doctors.

I am a doctoral student who is living with a chronic, potentially life-threatening illness. I must take daily prescription medication for my condition and have been denied employer-sponsored health insurance due to my "pre-existing" condition. I am, at least, able to get coverage through my university, but the prescription benefit is woefully inadequate.

To make this short, my story is already online. The Wall Street Journal published it in November 2007. My husband and I are in the process of selling our house, we had an estate sale last week, and we are moving to Belgium for health care reasons(I am a dual national and there are numerous doctors studying Ehlers-Danlos over there).