Guaranteed Healthcare

I am 58 and divorced. Healthcare insurance is just too expensive, and I cannot afford to pay the premiums. Worked hard all my life and now I pray I don't get sick because no one will give me healthcare. and I pray I don't die because there is no money to bury me. I am terrified to live and terrified to die.

Husband had an infected finger, and we went to a new doctor's office, as I had already gotten a (so- called) pre-existing condition from my former medical office, and was angry with them. I found out later that I was just not on my husband's insurance, as we had to pay for it for 18 months, in order for me to be on it.

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.

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).

Shortly after graduating college, I found myself in a debt-collection agency. I worked for 25 hours / week to make less than double minimum wage, which insurance premiums were taken out of. While I made barely enough to pay rent and my student loans, it was all I needed, really. I spent my days calling people that were in credit card debt, often due to high medical bills or student loans...