A mother without health care
by Jon Fox—Pennsylvania
Tonight I met a 46 year old mother of two who lived in Pittsburgh. She was laid off as a welder in 2001 and has been unable to find a suitable job to support her family. Her kids have some health care because of Medicaid, but she has none. If she gets sick, she has no protection.
This bothers me because I think of my own mom—if it weren’t for the health care my father’s union fought for, she would have not successfully survived two bouts of cancer.
Tags: Health Care, Jobs, layoffs, unions
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