Guaranteed Healthcare

Family Faces Foreclosure as Health Costs Crush Them

"We must now choose between buying groceries or paying our mortgage"

"We have refinanced our home six times in order to pay our medical costs amounting to more than $80,000 over the last few years," explained Deborah Krinsky of Magalia, Calif. "We have had seven different paltry health plans in eight years through my husband's job.  Between my husband, my daughter, and myself, we must buy 15 different medications. 

"Since 2000, we have been spending up to $12,000 per year in medical expenses. I am unable to work due to my ankles collapsing in 2000 after the birth of my second child. I have had six surgeries on my feet in the last eight years.  I filed for Social Security and got turned away three times because I wasn't disabled enough, and my husband Keith makes too much money. Each surgery required complete bed rest and non-weight bearing for at least three to six months. I am still under doctor's care.

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