The family—fully insured, with Sharon’s husband basically working the equivalent of two full-time jobs--was losing the battle of the medical bills. “When Zach was diagnosed with a primary immune deficiency we knew it wasn’t going to end,” Sharon recalls. “We already had re-mortgaged our house to pay for medical bills—so when we found out how much the new treatment was going to cost we knew we couldn’t pay our higher mortgage payment, the cost of his medicines, and other costs every month.” That was the breaking point. [...] They made an appointment with an attorney to declare bankruptcy. More »
What are you doing with your Summer?
Normally, when people ask me this question I have fabulous answers like spending a lot of time poolside, enjoying lazy summer weekends with my kids, catching fireflies and enjoying the TV coverage of Wimbledon. Although this summer, I have tried to carve out some time to spend with [...]
Like most Americans, I’m a sitting duck. A million things could happen that would cause my family to become one of the 46 million Americans without health insurance. My husband or I could lose our jobs, one of us could get some illness that would then make us uninsurable if we changed jobs or – [...]
If my family budget was in such deep crisis that I didn’t have enough money to feed my kids, I would turn over every cushion looking for spare change, get a weekend job, or sell things in a yard sale. I’d do anything I could to find new ways to bring new money in [...]
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