I’m one of 47 million Americans that do not have healthcare. I lost my job back in April of 2009. The cost of COBRA was too high and my unemployment checks would not even cover one month’s premium.

Yesterday, I pulled a muscle in my back changing a flat tire. Of course I was a little sore after I changed it. But the next day, the pain was so great that I had pain shooting down the back of my leg. I took 2 Alieve and so far, it’s not working.

I know that if I go the the emergency room that the hospital will not refuse to treat me. But they will not refuse to bill me. I cannot afford a bill. Ohio is only paying me 215 a week in unemployment. How is anyone suppose to live on that?

America is the only industrialized nation that does not take care of it’s people. We take care of other people and we make sure that our oil supply is protected.

We need free healthcare in the United States to protect us from all enemies foreign and domestic like disease.

We need it because there are people who cut pills in half because they can’t afford to buy their medication. It’s sick when we have people in this county who have to decide if they should buy a gallon of milk or get their diabetes medication.

I have seen with my own eyes, people going without necessities so that they can pay a doctor bill or buy a prescription.

Also, there are people illegally obtaining prescriptions right now for blood pressure and other ailments. All because they cannot afford to go to a doctor.

So next time you see your politicians being sworn into office and they say, “I,  do solemnly swear  that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…” Don’t you think they should defend it’s people’s right to healthcare?

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