Up until last year I was a 50 hour a week blue collar manager, then my health took a turn and I ended up losing everything...My story is like many others in America and the moral of my story is VOTE OBAMA!!!
Up until May of last year I had worked 50 hours a week on average then my health start failing and I ended up losing my job.(Just so you know I'm a 28 year old non smoking/non drinking male) The past year I've went to every volunteer clinic available in Oregon trying to get diagnosed. One doctor said hernia, one said torn muscle..
After dropping about 40lbs in under 5 months my girlfriend got me in to a program through Peace Health that pays the medical bills of low income people (Never thought I'd call myself low income boy how times change)and now we are just waiting for their approval. Anyways..
I ended up being diagnosed with Crohn's disease.. Not exactly the most pleasant to have, but thankfully I'm not one of the REALLY severe cases.
BUT under John McCain's plan I would be absolutely FUCKED Here's what I mean
Ok...so here's my bills as of today.
CT Scan:$1500
Colonoscopy:$2000.00
Endoscopy:$1500.00
Office Visits $900.00
Labs: $999.18
Total=$6899.18
Now this is without treatment which hopefully I'll be able to get. Treatment generally runs around 1000+ for shots not to mention pain medication which I should be on, but can't afford...
SO..12,000 a year in medication possibly not to mention the 6,8999.18 I've already accrued.. And McCain expects me to pay for all of that with 5,000? This is one more example of how McCain is COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY
My girlfriend and I thought about getting married, just so I could be on her medical but can't because of the "preexisting medical conditions clause".
I'm not sure why I wrote this, I just felt that putting faces to the problems we face helps everyone understand how IMPORTANT voting for OBAMA means to me as well as MILLIONS of other AMERICANS.
-Eli Harold
Barack Obama Campaign Volunteer