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"Hello, speaking from a family of 5 that both parents work and make about 52,000 a year and just get by paying their bills, we do not...

"As a 7 yr. breast cancer survivor, I am held hostage to my health insurance plan. I am self-insured, and the premium has now increased...

"I have two grown adult children who have no health care and are job-hunting. While in college, they had none as well and one had to have...

"I lost my grandmother to cancer in 1994. She went without insurance for several years before her Medicare kicked in. As a direct result,...

"I am 55 years old and a 4 year survivor of breast cancer. I was treated very aggressively at Dana-Farber, so I could not work. The chemo...

"Medicare is a blessing. Don't decrease these benefits which are granted to all citizens in civilized nations today. Medicare covers 80...

"It is societal unconscionable and personally heartbreaking that my cancer metastasized because I had to wait for my husband's insurance...

"Health care reform is important to me because of my grandmother and because I may lose my own coverage due to cost and lack of a job. My...

"My mother lost her battle to metastatic breast cancer this year in part due to not being able to afford her medical bills. She held off...

"When I had health insurance two years ago, an ultrasound showed an abnormality. I lost my insurance and haven't been back. While I am...

"My family was bankrupted because I became ill with chronic fatigue syndrome when I was 20 and didn't have insurance. Even a state...

"My sister has had to go without health insurance for years and let her health go while taking care of our elderly parents and disabled...

"I cannot afford to purchase the insurance my employer offers so I am on a county health plan which I am very grateful for, but not all...