Every year 1.4 millions Americans -- 3,800 each day -- will hear the words "You have cancer." At the same time, approximately 46 million Americans are without health insurance, and many more do not have coverage that will protect them if they are diagnosed with a chronic disease such as cancer. Fighting cancer means fixing our health care system.
Specifically we need legislation that:
* Is affordable and available to all Americans
* Puts prevention at the forefront of our nation's health care system
* Ensures the people with serious medical conditions like cancer are fully covered, without exemptions for pre-existing conditions
* Is simple to understand and manage for consumers.
We must not delay health care reform for even another year, both for our families' health and because growing health care costs continue to impair our county's economic recovery. Our health care system costs too much, delivers too little, and is a looming threat to our financial future. The need for reform is urgent. Please act today.
We signed the “Fighting Cancer Requires Health Care Reform” petition!
# 22,311:
6:17 pm PST, Nov 21,Dawn Brumley, Arkansas
I had to quit my job after breast cancer diagnosis because my insurance wouldn't release me and didn't covered cancer. Now I have no job or insurance. This is the US! Come on! We need solutions!
# 22,310:
11:31 pm PST, Nov 20,Lena Holt, Connecticut
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6:07 pm PST, Nov 20,Steven Pazienza, New York
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3:47 pm PST, Nov 20,Mel Sinclair, Texas
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2:27 pm PST, Nov 20,Jelica Roland, Croatia
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1:10 pm PST, Nov 20,Clinton Akins, Kansas
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8:04 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Australia
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6:06 am PST, Nov 20,Carol Ariana, Illinois
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5:51 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Connecticut
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5:26 am PST, Nov 20,Mary Casano Jesch, South Carolina
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3:44 pm PST, Nov 14,Lori Ferguson, California
# 22,300:
9:57 am PST, Nov 7,Jennifer Phillips, New York
I lost my job in Feb. There was no way possible that I could afford COBRA for myself at $700/mo, let alone a family plan. Because I have pre-existing conditions, a private plan was not within reach. My husband is self-employed. He could not afford to offer a plan to his employees, let alone himself.
On Wednesday, I found out that my husband of 21 years has cancer.
We lost our savings. I cannot take losing him and the modest home we worked for.
# 22,299:
8:57 am PST, Nov 7,Gwen Hawtof, Florida
# 22,298:
8:18 pm PDT, Oct 25,Joel Bradley, Colorado
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6:26 pm PDT, Oct 24,Name not displayed, Illinois
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7:49 pm PDT, Oct 23,Andi Stone, New York
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10:09 pm PDT, Oct 20,Nilay Sheth, Maryland
# 22,294:
3:00 pm PDT, Oct 19,Phoebe Bernard, Massachusetts
# 22,293:
10:50 pm PDT, Oct 18,Hannah Vowell, Oregon
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1:12 am PDT, Oct 18,Can Atik, Turkey
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9:24 pm PDT, Oct 17,Ann Harrison, North Carolina
# 22,290:
1:22 pm PDT, Oct 11,Christina Anderson, Canada
# 22,289:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 11,Thomas Crahan, New York
# 22,288:
8:14 am PDT, Oct 9,Jamie Brown, Florida
one of my best friends died of cancer this past Sept. 5th, 2009 Richard W. Edwards (RIP my brother)
JRB
# 22,287:
5:03 pm PDT, Oct 8,Jennifer Fossen, Colorado
# 22,286:
3:26 pm PDT, Oct 7,Ed Carter, Colorado
# 22,285:
1:58 pm PDT, Oct 5,Rose Llewellyn, Texas
I had lung cancer , I was devasted finacially. Iam on Medi-aide. now. Rose Llewellyn
# 22,284:
4:10 pm PDT, Oct 3,Crystal Castro, California
# 22,283:
3:25 pm PDT, Oct 3,Juan Antelo, Connecticut
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9:13 pm PDT, Oct 2,Diana Garcia, Honduras
# 22,281:
10:32 pm PDT, Sep 27,Stephanie Pavluk, Florida
# 22,280:
8:40 pm PDT, Sep 27,Kara Fleming, Florida
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9:35 pm PDT, Sep 26,Russelll Riley, Florida
# 22,278:
12:26 pm PDT, Sep 26,Ellen Taraskiewicz, Michigan
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6:11 pm PDT, Sep 24,Name not displayed, New York
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8:10 pm PDT, Sep 23,Sammantha Partlow, Colorado
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12:34 pm PDT, Sep 23,Ana Moreno Rojkind, Illinois
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9:00 am PDT, Sep 23,Patricia Tricorache, Florida
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9:56 pm PDT, Sep 22,Name not displayed, Ohio
# 22,272:
2:02 pm PDT, Sep 22,Name not displayed, Colorado
We urgently need healthcare reform, so that all Americans have affordable healthcare at all times, not just when they are healthy, but when they are sick and need it.
# 22,271:
9:56 pm PDT, Sep 21,Jordan Yeatts, Idaho
# 22,270:
6:48 pm PDT, Sep 21,Joan Schumaker, New York
My husband died of cancer, but was fortunate to have good health care. Now is the time to assure that all Americans have adequate health care. It is also past time to invest in the research needed to prevent many knids of cancer.
# 22,269:
2:33 pm PDT, Sep 20,Sara Javed, California
# 22,268:
9:31 am PDT, Sep 20,Elayne Feinsod, Massachusetts
# 22,267:
7:30 pm PDT, Sep 19,Emma Ward, Massachusetts
# 22,266:
1:57 pm PDT, Sep 18,Vaiva Griskaite, California
# 22,265:
9:54 am PDT, Sep 18,Cara Arendt, Florida
Single Payer is the only sustainable change, the most monetarily efficient and by far the most compassionate. We want health CARE not health insurance!
# 22,264:
10:21 am PDT, Sep 15,Steve Branch, Rhode Island
# 22,263:
10:12 am PDT, Sep 14,Toni Tischer, Colorado
# 22,262:
1:40 pm PDT, Sep 13,Tammy Lewis, Arizona
They need to reform the cost of healthcare as well as the options to choose what works for each individual. The profits resulted in healthcare for pharmaceutical companies and hospitals has gotten out of hand.
8:57 pm PDT, Sep 6,Celeste Castorena, Arizona
As a member of the Green Party, I wholeheartedly beleive that the only quality option is one that includes single-payer universal healthcare. All other ideas cut out segments of our population and cave in to the gluttonous insurance and pharmeceutical industries. Spain has universal, single-payer healthcare and ranks 7th in the world in providing quality, affordable and accessible healthcare. I hear that the USA ranks 47th!
