No insurance, no life
North Dakota -- On February 19, 2009, John's father Bruce went to the doctor with the classic symptoms of having had a heart attack. His doctor advised him to allow for several tests and procedures, but Bruce only agreed to the least expensive of them because he simply could not afford to pay much. Four days later, Bruce was dead.
When Bruce was forced to refuse tests and procedures considered standard for heart attacks because they were unaffordable, his family was angry. Later, when John recieved his father's medical bills and the word “no insurance” were printed at the top, they were livid.
For John and his family, our healthcare crisis is not theoretical. It is a real and deadly force, as it is in the lives ofmillions of hard-working Americans.
Though the names in this story have been changed to protect their identities, having people hear their story might help bring about change so that other families won’t have to go through the same thing.
(Story in context at
NDpeople.org)
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