"As a 7 yr. breast cancer survivor, I am held hostage to my health insurance plan. I am self-insured, and the premium has now increased by $100.00 to almost $600.00/mo. I cannot look for other plans as my "pre-existing" condition would not be covered."
- Marti, Palm Coast, FL
Story collected by the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Alliance
"Hello, speaking from a family of 5 that both parents work and make about 52,000 a year and just get by paying their bills, we do not have health insurance, we make to much for Medicaid and to much fo
"I have two grown adult children who have no health care and are job-hunting. While in college, they had none as well and one had to have a tonsillectomy. He started bleeding the next night and had em
"I lost my grandmother to cancer in 1994. She went without insurance for several years before her Medicare kicked in. As a direct result, her cancer went undetected and untreated. When doctors at Univ