Health Care For America Now

TrueMajority member Melanie Shouse was wronged by the insurance companies:

Meet Melanie Shouse. A few years ago, Melanie was living the American dream when she transformed an old Dominos storefront into an expansion of her home business. But just as the store was opening, Melanie was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer and given months to live.

Melanie had insurance, and she went straight to the experts at Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. Working with the world-renowned doctors there, she’s beaten the odds and stayed healthy for years. But now her insurance company, a subsidiary of WellPoint, is refusing to pay for the medication her doctors recommend.

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Health reform is at the finish line. Melanie is just one of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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CWA Member Joie Welsh explains how the proposed Health Care Tax would affect her. Watch:

Health reform is at the finish line. Joie is just one of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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Rev. Carter Dary, former ELCA pastor, talks about why we need health care reform at ND Change that Works rally on 8/29. Watch:

Health reform is at the finish line. Rev. Carter and his family are just a few of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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CWA Member Jeanine Maury explains how the proposed Health Care Tax would affect her. Watch:

Health reform is at the finish line. Jeanine is just one of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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South Bend small business owner Annette Malone travels to DC with the SEIU Change that Works IN team to let Congress know we need health care reform now.

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Health reform is at the finish line. Annette and her business are just two of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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Thousands rallied and lobbied Members of Congress in Washington DC on June 25. See speakers: Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Actress Edie Falco, and people like you with real health care stories.

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Health reform is at the finish line. People like this are just a few of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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Stephanie Beck Borden was one of seven families who came to Washington, DC to confront the insurance industry for denying their care. They came from around the country and appeared at the same hotel as the health insurance lobby's annual State Issues conference in downtown D.C. to recount the mistreatment they and their loved ones have endured at the hands of the private health insurance industry.

Stephanie is from Ohio, and her parents were in an accident that left her mother dead and her father in intensive care for 5 weeks. Stephanie had to battle insurance companies constantly to get her father vital treatments for his injuries so that he could walk again.

Watch Stephanie and others confront the insurance industry:

Health reform is at the finish line. Stephanie and her family are just a few of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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Kevin Scott was one of seven families who came to Washington, DC to confront the insurance industry for denying their care. They came from around the country and appeared at the same hotel as the health insurance lobby's annual State Issues conference in downtown D.C. to recount the mistreatment they and their loved ones have endured at the hands of the private health insurance industry.

Kevin is a former marine officer who has a brain tumor. Kevin's MRIs, lab work, and treatment for side effects (like skin problems) are not covered through his BCBS Anthem plan which he retains through COBRA. When Kevin got sick, he left a good job in Virginia and moved in with his retired parents William & Elretha Scott in California who are trying to help pay bills that are now in the thousands and going up.

Watch Kevin and others confront the insurance industry:

Health reform is at the finish line. Kevin and his family are just a few of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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Courtney Jenkins-Atnip was one of seven families who came to Washington, DC to confront the insurance industry for denying their care. They came from around the country and appeared at the same hotel as the health insurance lobby's annual State Issues conference in downtown D.C. to recount the mistreatment they and their loved ones have endured at the hands of the private health insurance industry.

Courtney is a mother of a toddler from Tennessee who was denied medication for Crohn's disease by UnitedHealthcare. UnitedHealthcare had approved the same medication 12 months earlier. By the time coverage was reinstated, Courtney's condition had deteriorated, and she was forced to undergo serious surgery and miss 2 months of work.

Watch Courtney and others confront the insurance industry:

Health reform is at the finish line. Courtney and her family are just a few of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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Sharon Lantz was one of seven families who came to Washington, DC to confront the insurance industry for denying their care. They came from around the country and appeared at the same hotel as the health insurance lobby's annual State Issues conference in downtown D.C. to recount the mistreatment they and their loved ones have endured at the hands of the private health insurance industry.

Sharon is a realtor from Delaware who has a UnitedHealthcare plan that forces her to pay for her cancer care "out of pocket," and she has turned to getting her chemotherapy medication from India in order to afford it. Sharon cannot afford breast reconstruction either.

Watch Sharon and others confront the insurance industry:

Health reform is at the finish line. Sharon and her family are just a few of the reasons we need health care reform and we need to finish it right. We'll be posting one story every hour for twenty-four hours today to make sure we finish health reform right.

If you haven't joined our campaign to finish health care reform right yet, please join us and send a letter to Congress and the President, demanding they make health care affordable for everyone and hold the insurance companies accountable before a final bill is sent to the Oval Office for a signature.

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