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DOESN'T EVERYONE DESERVE HEALTHCARE?

Real People Denied Real Healthcare

The Symptoms

Find out more about real people's stories struggling with the healthcare system.

sick of waiting

Stacy
San Diego, CA
Heathcare Status: Uninsured

I watched three loved ones die without access to healthcare, and ever since then have prayed that I won't be next. My Aunt Janet was my age, 43, when she succumbed to cancer. Without insurance or money, she waited until the pain was disabling to go in and seek care. She had bone cancer, and went quickly.

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My wife and I facing enormous finanacial difficulties because of our health problems

Jason
Orlando, FL
Heathcare Status: Self-Insured

I am writing you today because I am desperate because of the enormous financial difficulties that my wife and I are both facing because of our medical problems. It all started back on November 9, 2006 I had a bad tingling pain in my lower legs. By later that afternoon, my heart started palpitating and my arms had pain in them as well.

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Happy Mary Seacole Day--the Mother of Social Justice Nursing

Posted by Shum Preston on May 14, 2008 - 1:59pm


 Today, May 14th, is the 119th anniversary of the passing away of Mary Seacole, the Mother of Social Justice nursing.

RNs now celebrate Mary Seacole Day as part of National Nurses Week—and as the day we honor the social justice aspect of the work of nurses.   Mary Seacole remains an important inspiration for the national nurses movement being built by CNA/NNOC (California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee), which focuses on improving patient care and safety in hospitals and on bringing this country the guaranteed, single-payer health care that our patients deserve. 


 

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