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My name is Nancy and I live in Manchester NH. I am a mother. I am a waitress. I am strong and I am an activist. I have used my life experiences as motivation to speak out about what I believe in.
Nancy Glynn
Campaign Director, New Hampshire
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We Are MomsRising
October 19, 2022
My name is Amber MacQuarrie, I’m a single mom of two kids, and I would like to tell you what having access to healthcare has done for us. Healthcare is the reason my kids have a mother, at least twice over. It’s the reason my 9 year old daughter can now walk and no longer needs her wheelchair. It's the reason my son is as well adjusted as he is. Without healthcare, as a self employed individual at the time, I would not have pursued answers to the medical issues that have plagued me. I would have suffered through as so many Americans are forced to do. No heart surgery. No discovery of blood...
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We Are MomsRising
October 19, 2022
My name is Ansley, I live in NH, and I’m a proud stepmom. In the spring of 2021 our family lost employer provided health insurance due to slowdowns because of the pandemic. At about $2000 a month COBRA wasn’t an option for us on top of other bills we were juggling to pay. Like millions of other Amercians, we were struggling in ways we hadn’t before. A loss in health insurance meant choosing between stopping necessary medication or paying out of pocket for something unaffordable. At a time when we needed it most, mental health care wasn’t accessible. I had no idea how to “do” this, how to pay...
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January 24, 2017
My name is Nancy and I live in Manchester NH. I am a mother. I am a waitress. I am strong and I am an activist. I have used my life experiences as motivation to speak out about what I believe in. In April of 2012, I gave birth to my first son Hunter. He was already a fighter weighing in at 2 lb 10 oz. Due to a genetic condition called microtia, Hunter was born with severe hearing loss. Later he would also be diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech. Much like every parent who receives a diagnosis for their child the first feeling that consumes your body is fear. What can I do to give my son...
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