Working nurses aid with no insurance

Magdalene
Torrington, CT
Heathcare Status: Uninsured

I am 22 years old and I am currently in school and working toward my RN degree. I have been a CNA for 5 years and work through a registry so I am self employed and don't receive health insurance. I was recently kicked off my Dads insurance and I am paying for school all by myself. I have always dreamed of becoming a Nurse and I may have to quit school because of the high price of health insurance. My school doesn't offer health insurance, and I was in a very bad car accident that left me with medical conditions like fibromyalgia. I was on many medications including depression medication which I had to completely stop because I cant afford to pay for the Dr's I make less than 10,000 dollars a year and because I have a pre existing condition I cant find any insurance company that will except me. I did find one but the cost was 565 dollars a month which is almost all of what I make. All I want is to build a better life for myself and I have awesome grades and love school but I need my medication. I am very depressed and feel hopeless. I am on the verge of .....I don't dare say. I cant live without health insurance. Everyday I wonder what happens if I get hurt, what happens if someone hits my car and I need to go to the hospital and left with thousands of dollars in bills that I cant pay? I would have been a great nurse, my teachers have told me I will be, but now I have no dreams and no hope, I feel I have been betrayed. I have worked so hard for this country what has it done for me? I cant even get a loan for school. I work 24hour shifts and struggle to keep my head afloat but still slowly I am drowning in a sea full of selfish insurance companies and hack doctors who's dream is of money, not making the sick well. I have lost all of my faith in health care.

Submitted on March 16, 2009 - 3:11pm.