My story

Helena
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Heathcare Status: Uninsured

This is the second time in my life that I have been without insurance. The first time my children was 7 and 5 years old. My 7 year old broke both of her arms and was airlifted to another state. My husband and I had to file for bankruptcy to save us. Now my girls are 17 and 15 and again we are without insurance because of the economy.

I had a heart attack at the age of 29 years old. I am sick to think that I no longer have insurance and cannot afford it, because of my preexisting condition. I can afford my children's insurance, but I financially can not my insurance. If I can even get it now. I sit and wonder how I am going to be able to afford my medications that I take daily.

I just do not understand why we as a country can bail out big companies and not care about our working people. We need socialized medicine like Canada and Germany. It works! I pray every day that nothing goes wrong with my heart disease it would ruin my whole family. Please let me know what I need to do to help get America insured.

Submitted on May 22, 2009 - 8:34pm.