If you’re someone who, up to this point, has found it easier to stick it out on the sidelines, consider this me, officially tagging you in to the game that is politics.
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The Cost of Being Sick is Too Damn High (or, why I moved across the country)
I went from being a type-A control freak who loved lists and never missed a homework assignment to someone who couldn't even control the wild machinations of her own body.
The Perpetual Trauma Exerted Upon the Sick (Or, the GOP is Trying to Take Away Our Healthcare Again)
It's nearly impossible to make significant improvements to patient lives when every other week we have to use all our exhaustible energy calling congress.
Chronic Illness –– It Could Happen to You!
Being healthy up to this point in your life does not make you immune to falling ill tomorrow, or next week, or when you're fifty.
I'm Done Begging The GOP To See Me as a Person.
Making pre-existing conditions uninsurable is turning non-lethal diagnoses into death sentences.
iPhones, Choices, and Clueless Men from Utah
People who are struggling to pay their healthcare aren’t lazy.
This is Illness in Trump's America.
In Trump’s America, I have to pay $15,000 a month out of pocket. I cannot do that, as most people can’t.
Get Out and Vote! (Or Stay In and Vote!)
While a lot of healthy, upper-middle-class white dudes can afford to sit this one out because their rights aren’t at stake here, we definitely can’t.
The Economics of Illness
Chronic illness is like having a really shitty extra monthly utility bill that you didn’t ask for, but instead of giving you A/C, it keeps you alive.