I have health insurance!!

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Sunday December 22, 2013 · 4:41 PM PST

2013/12/22 · 16:41

Some of you may know a bit of my saga: Cancer diagnosis in 2004, was on COBRA through a former employer at the time and everything went smoothly, except for the stress and anxiety of having a deadly disease of course.

In 2006 I was abruptly dropped by my insurance carrier. No explanation, not even a so sorry, just a short letter that pretty much said "see ya! Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out! Bye!" How rude.

Since 2006 it's been sporadic health care. Clinics, Planned Parenthood, a free mammogram program at my local hospital - not much else.

ArtemisBSG

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Wednesday December 04, 2013 · 2:26 PM PST

2013/12/04 · 14:26

EMERGENCY ALERT: SEVERE
Severity: Severe
Urgency: Take action within the next hour
Certainty: Observed
TEST: From Monterey Park EOC
THIS IS ONLY A TEST

The above is what I saw and until I saw the TEST part - my heart was racing. The message was accompanied by a test sound you hear on the TV when they test the EBS.

ArtemisBSG

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Sunday July 14, 2013 · 3:06 AM PDT

2013/07/14 · 03:06

Hello all,

I haven't posted a diary in a while, but some of you may recall I am the uninsured cancer chick in Los Angeles who got riled up during the 2009/2010 health care debates.

I now find myself about to lose the hobby I took up during my initial diagnosis in 2004 and have found nothing but joy in for the past 9 years: Gardening, or more specifically, balcony gardening (urban gardening). More below the squiggly thingy - -

ArtemisBSG

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Tuesday November 06, 2012 · 2:16 PM PST

2012/11/06 · 14:16

Suddenly I'm not a registered voter? What the frak!!

ArtemisBSG

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Thursday July 26, 2012 · 3:35 PM PDT

2012/07/26 · 15:35

I have a bumper sticker that I made myself from Cafe Press -

It reads: IF ROMNEY WINS
I WILL DIE!

A bit dire and drastic, but the uninsured like me are more likely to die from our illness than the insured - so I was trying to make something that would grab other drivers attention and make them think:

More below the squigly wiggly:

ArtemisBSG

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Tuesday July 13, 2010 · 11:56 PM PDT

2010/07/13 · 23:56

I feel like I'm beating the subject into the ground sometimes, but there are still folks like myself that were happy reform was passed, but still stuck in the same damn spot we were in before.

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23 votes Show Results

ArtemisBSG should seek healthcare by...

23 votes Vote Now!

ArtemisBSG should seek healthcare by...

moving to the Netherlands - Tulips and windmills are pretty

1 vote

moving to the UK - God Save the Queen!

0 votes

moving to Canada - Friendly neighbors to the North eh?

3 votes

moving to Australia - Put a shrimp on the barbie and find me an oncologist!

0 votes

moving to New Zealand - I could ride a whale to be head of a tribe

3 votes

moving to France - Vive la France!!!

2 votes

moving to any country that gives a frakking hoot about their citizens

7 votes

doing nothing "Stay home, watch TV and die! -according to Dr. House

7 votes

RAM Los Angeles -one pathetic, needy patient's experience

ArtemisBSG

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Sunday May 02, 2010 · 7:21 PM PDT

2010/05/02 · 19:21

I was lucky to get a wristband last Sunday 4/25 for the RAM free clinic here in Los Angeles being held April 27th through May 3rd. My only day off is Saturday, so it was imperative I get a spot for that day, and after 4 hours in the hot sun in a line with thousands of other desperate, sickly folks I got the Saturday wristband and went on my merry way.

One week later at the unGodly hour of 4:30 AM I headed back to the Los Angeles Sports Arena determined to take advantage of whatever services I could.

My sad tale below:

ArtemisBSG

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Saturday December 19, 2009 · 9:58 PM PST

2009/12/19 · 21:58

Had an encounter today with some very young LaRouche supporters outside my bank.

ArtemisBSG

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Monday October 26, 2009 · 10:39 PM PDT

2009/10/26 · 22:39

My finances (or lack thereof) have reached critical mass, I am flat out broke, unable even to make minimum payments at this point. The economic downturn has gouged this little lady for all she's worth, and that ain't much. Had to take a cut in pay to keep my job and cannot get health insurance due to cancer diagnosis in 2004.

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47 votes Show Results

This chick needs to -

47 votes Vote Now!

This chick needs to -

File for bankruptcy and not be humiliated

30 votes

Eat an entire carton of Ben & Jerry's and think for a few more days

0 votes

Marry someone in a country with universal health care

9 votes

Call the credit card co's again and tell them what a sucktastic few years I've had

2 votes

Win the lottery

4 votes

Have some pie

2 votes

Small sad tragedies

ArtemisBSG

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Saturday October 17, 2009 · 9:12 PM PDT

2009/10/17 · 21:12

I am getting tired of the indifference and poor treatment of the middle class who are unable to afford even just their medications.

ArtemisBSG

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Thursday September 17, 2009 · 1:09 AM PDT

2009/09/17 · 01:09

I am ArtemisBSG, I am a 39 year old cancer survivor who cannot get health insurance from ANYONE or afford out of pocket costs. My hopes had rested on the lawmakers to do the right thing and offer a public option to people in my situation.

Today, those hopes were dashed and I feel really, really sad and beaten down. I will always state quite clearly that my personal feelings are that health care for all Americans should be a right – not a privilege.

ArtemisBSG

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Monday September 07, 2009 · 5:09 PM PDT

2009/09/07 · 17:09

Hello folks, I am a young cancer survivor, I was 34 when diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and now I am 39, I am currently in remission and trying to keep it that way, but I am unable to get health insurance and because I "work" for a living and don’t sit on my ass, I don’t qualify for any state or Federal aid programs, and the Major Risk Medical Insurance program in CA where I live is still way too expensive and my employer doesn’t offer insurance. I am forced to try and get health insurance on my own, and as no company will take me on, I have been trying to pay out of pocket since 2006. Things have reached critical mass as now I don’t even have any more available balances on my credit cards for even a modicum of basic care and follow up. That’s the scoopage on me and below is a rambling bit on a dream I recently had – oh it was so great, it was euphoric, it was utopia, but it ended as all good dreams do, by waking up to my life just as it was when I went to sleep the night before, and that just totally sucks.

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