This morning at 11:00 a.m. ET, President Obama will be at the University of Maryland in College Park to talk about health reform. We expect the President’s remarks to touch on what reform would mean for young people. Watch it on Facebook or at CNN.com and let us know what you think.
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President Obama at University of Maryland – 11:00 a.m. ET
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
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Thomas Bates Bio: Thomas is Rock the Vote's Vice President of Civic Engagement. @BatesThomas Email the author at: blog(at)rockthevote.com |
Health care reform’s biggest fans
Monday, August 31st, 2009The L.A. Times did a piece over the weekend titled ‘Healthcare reforms’s biggest fans: young adults’. Makes sense to me, we are the least insured age group and more often than not seem to get screwed in the system. From the article, but way too common:
“When Abby Berendt Lavoi graduated from college, she got a job in New York making television commercials as a full-time contractor for one of the largest media companies in the world. She was eligible for health insurance only after she had been working there for a year.
Ten months into the job, Berendt Lavoi came down with painful stomach cramps. Terrified, she used Google to find a hospital that would accept patients without insurance, and underwent surgery to remove an ovarian cyst the size of a softball. The bills came to $12,000. With no savings or assets, Berendt Lavoi turned to her parents, who refinanced their home to pay.”
This story is all too common…I don’t know about you, but I think enough is enough. This is a reform who’s time has come.
~Mary, Rock the Vote
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Baby-sitting for Braces?
Monday, August 17th, 2009Can’t afford health insurance? What do you have to trade? In communities around the country there is a phenomenon where by patients barder a service for medical care. Can’t afford your braces because you don’t have dental insurance? That’s alright, give the orthodontist some free babysitting time.
This to me is ridiculous – the fact that our system is so screwed you have to trade your way towards something that should be a right, not a privilege. On the flip side, I guess it’s a good thing that there are some doctors out there who are willing to do this so individuals have at least some access to the system…but still.
Find out what’s going on with this whole debate and why it’s so important.
And then take action. We have to fix this broken system.
~Mary, Rock the Vote
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