Despite the tremendous need to make health care more affordable, the Senate is planning to vote next week on S.1955, legislation that would wipe away critical health insurance protections and make health coverage more expensive. In fact, this bill should be called the "Lose Your Health Care Bill."
If S.1955 is adopted, you and your family may no longer have coverage for: · Mammograms· Breast, cervical, colon or prostate cancer screening or treatment · Child Immunizations · Well-child check-ups · Mental health care · Diabetes education and treatment including insulin and test strips Instead of making health care more affordable for those who need it most, S.1955 would wipe away state protections that prevent insurers from charging higher premiums based on health, gender, age – or even where you live.
Date: 5/4/2006 6:13:25 PM
Author: FireGoddess
As soon as I can make some phone calls in private, I''m SO on it. I mean, the system is ALREADY ridiculous....but this takes the freaking cake.
I had asked my Dr. several times after turning 30 if I should get one, because my maternal grandmother had it...and was basically told the same thing, that I was too young. Went to a different Doctor, who freaked out when he found out that I hadn''t gotten a baseline at 30, and turns out his reaction was so strong because his wife was suffering with Breast Cancer at the time. He retired, but my new Dr. already mentioned that it was almost time to set up an appointment for another one...I ended up getting my baseline at 35 and he said I should go every year due to the family history.
My name is Alice Lloyd. I''m a triple amputee from Morganton, North Carolina. Please read my story and pass it along to everyone you know so we can work to prevent it from happening to anyone else. In 1998, I went to a walk-in clinic with what I later learned were four out of the five symptoms for sepsis, a blood infection that can be fatal if left untreated. I had a temperature of 103, high white blood count, low blood pressure, and a rapid heart rate and the clinic advised me to go to the emergency room if my symptoms became worse. The next day around 1 p.m., I went to the local hospital where it was noted that I had been to a clinic the day before. The hospital, however, did not call the clinic for my test results, which would have suggested sepsis. I waited undiagnosed and in excruciating pain for hours. They gave me morphine, but no one even took my temperature for twelve hours, even after I became confused and disoriented. At 3 a.m. a doctor finally ordered the simple antibiotics that would save my life, but it took another two hours for them to be administered. It took sixteen hours to receive a simple antibiotic. Because of the delay my limbs were irreparably damaged. They amputated both of my legs above the knees, my left arm and all the fingers from her right hand. I still have one thumb. I went to be fitted for the prosthetic hand, but the insurance company refused to pay and asked me, "What do you need a hand for?" I''m 55 and used to teach preschool at a local church. With no legs, one arm and only one thumb I''m forced to stay at home. From my wheelchair I care for my elderly mother. I use a Velcro fork strapped to my remaining hand to eat. Congress is trying to pass a law that sets an arbitrary limit for pain and suffering. How can Congress, from Washington, DC, lump all injured people into the same pool and set a dollar amount? Shouldn''t a judge and jury make this decision? People who have not taken money from the insurance companies? Please tell Congress, and more importantly, everyone you know my story. What happened to me could happen to anyone."
Thank you SO SO SO much Monarch - seriously. The first ''happy'' tears I''ve cried yet, to be truthful. I hope your teammates do spread the word so we can get this going! Good luck and I hope your 18-19 miler went well...I''ve been through it myself (ran the Houston Marathon and did a six month training program) so I remember the 18 miler quite well...and the 21 miler. That''s as far as we went before the actual marathon itself. I hope it went well!Date: 5/5/2006 11:18:55 PM
Author: monarch64
FireGoddess: I will be ''practice'' walking 18-19 miles tomorrow morning with my team, and I will be bringing up the topic of ultrasounds as a method of detection so that I can raise awareness within my circle of teammates, and they in turn, can relay the message to others, and so on.
I will be thinking of you and your mother as I walk tomorrow, and sending positive energy your ways. Hang in there! I am cheering (and walking) for YOU!!!
You are more than welcome, FG! We "practice" walked 18 miles yesterday, and man do I have some blisters, lol! Just my pinky toes, though...hopefully they will heal fast. I thought of you and your mom, and I did bring up your story and the 10 of us discussed it pretty thoroughly, so I hope that I''ve planted a seed with these women and they will in turn spread the word.Date: 5/6/2006 7:37:24 PM
Author: FireGoddess
Thank you SO SO SO much Monarch - seriously. The first ''happy'' tears I''ve cried yet, to be truthful. I hope your teammates do spread the word so we can get this going! Good luck and I hope your 18-19 miler went well...I''ve been through it myself (ran the Houston Marathon and did a six month training program) so I remember the 18 miler quite well...and the 21 miler. That''s as far as we went before the actual marathon itself. I hope it went well!Date: 5/5/2006 11:18:55 PM
Author: monarch64
FireGoddess: I will be ''practice'' walking 18-19 miles tomorrow morning with my team, and I will be bringing up the topic of ultrasounds as a method of detection so that I can raise awareness within my circle of teammates, and they in turn, can relay the message to others, and so on.
I will be thinking of you and your mother as I walk tomorrow, and sending positive energy your ways. Hang in there! I am cheering (and walking) for YOU!!!
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