Reply #4: I recognized her son's illness before she said the dreaded word. [View All]

dermatomyositis. My son has been struggling with this since he was 12, diagnosed in 1991 at the age of 13.
He spent the next 10 years fighting the disease, I spent it fighting my Insurance Company.
Eventually losing my job, insurance, marriage and home.
My son now gets health care because he is disabled and qualifies for medical.
We need single payer if not that at least a strong public option.
I do not wish to see anymore families experience the pain mine and many others have endured.

on edit: my first years out of pocket cost with top insurance coverage was $20,000. 2nd year $10,000 and on and on, my son had very active, hard to control dermatomyositis.
The Insurance Company interrupted his care with denials and reviews, care that may have prevented him becoming severely disabled.
I see her son running and playing in the video and am overjoyed that she lives in a country that values life.
Hopefully our citizens will demand the same.