Helping each other

by Chelsey Evans—Minnesota

I went to this door and a young woman answered. Once I gave her the rap she signed up as a member. She told me that she does care about these issues, but she doesn’t have a lot of knowledge on the subject.

She then told me that she had someone that she wanted me to meet. She took me out to her car, and I approached a woman sitting in the passenger seat. I introduced myself and explained what our organization does. She told me that she would love to sign up as a member and that she would also like to get more involved. She began to explain to me that she is in medical bankruptcy because of her health care costs. She said that she has health insurance, but because she is on a plan of 90/10 coverage, the 10 percent she is responsible for has added up to nearly 300,000 dollars. She also explained that she has precancerous cells in her breasts, but because they aren’t cancerous yet, the insurance company is calling her request for a double mastectomy “cosmetic” and will not be covered.

When I walked away from that car, I knew there was nothing I could do to make her situation go away, but I did realize that I gave her some hope that organizations like Working America are fighting for her and millions more of Americans in her same position.

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