Guaranteed Healthcare

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 watched Michael Moore's movie "SiCKO" for the first time last December. Scared the heck out me, because I'm one of those people who are self-employed and uninsured. Later on that evening, I went out for a bike ride and BAM!!!...fell off my bike and broke my ankle. Seriously...the very same night. What are the odds, huh?

Make Too Much To Qualify for Medi-Cal, But Not Enough to Afford Insurance. This is my story about how I slip through the cracks of this medical system. My husband and I make approximately 3,000 dollars a month. Luckily, my daughter has an absent father, and I know that sounds horrible, but it’s the truth in this situation.

I had back surgery in April of 2006. I also had a lumbar epidural. I was denied physical therapy. Meditation to control my bladder spasms was also denied. I was also denied to have a bladder scan to check what the problem was. The nerve damage cause me to have accidents through out the day, when my pain level is above a five.

My horror story features more monsters than just our healthcare industry. My injury turns out to be poorly understood by the orthopedic profession as a whole, though they have made rapid strides in the last decade or so. I live in a poor and isolated area, somewhat cut off from the booming, competitive goods and services of California civilization. I have an unusual aversion to travel.