Guaranteed Healthcare

I am thankful everyday that I have an employer that allowed me to get health insurance for the first time in 7 years. I am 29 years old, and have a blood condition called ITP. I don't know how I got it, but, I am stuck with a moody unpredictable auto-immune condition.

My daughter had had high blood pressure, and could not afford health care insurance. She was raising five children on her own working many long hour days, to provide for them. She tried to get on access, but they told her she made three dollars too much to qualify. She died May, 19th 2006 of a massive stroke, she was only 36 years old,if she had had insurance she may be alive today.

I was denied because of an ingrown toenail and a prescription I never filled because it was not covered by insurance, for seeing a therapist and getting a prescription for anti-anxiety drugs once and never getting a refill, and for going to a chiropractor as a measure of maintenance for good health. How ridiculous is that?

I was a healthcare worker for 35 years as a laboratory assistant and retired in June 2005. I qualified for 18 months of COBRA and an additional 18 months of coverage under Cal-Cobra. I have no pre-existing medical conditions and the past 3 years went smoothly.