As many of us are faced with so many hard trials through life in general, let alone add in a stage IV cancer diagnosis, one thing you shouldn't be faced with is the possibility of losing your health coverage. Right now there are some dangerous bills floating around our government and it is important to share our stories so people know what they are voting on. I sent the following to my representatives in hopes to be heard and stop a dangerous change from happening. We shall see what happens. For now I know that I am covered for 2017.
"I am a 34 year old Utah native and I have stage IV melanoma and have been fighting for 8 years. I've fought through being declined insurance by four insurance companies for preexisting conditions/high risk when that was legal; then I carried "catastrophic care" insurance until the Affordable Care Act was implemented.
My treatments are ever changing and prices range from $5k to $250k depending on what I have to do to keep fighting. I reached my deductible and out of pocket maximum on January 10th of this year.
With the new American Health Care Act I fear my life will be in jeopardy as I am a preexisting condition, and an expensive one at that. I will reach the maximum lifetime limit quickly and will literally have to choose between life and death possibly, due to a vote you will place that affects millions of lives.
Please put faces to your votes, not dollar signs, and show that you are an understanding and caring human that doesn't wish the worst on people.
My name is Alexis Waters and I choose to fight to live and I want you to fight to allow me that right. I didn't choose this battle but I want the choice of how I fight to be mine, not the governments."
My treatments are ever changing and prices range from $5k to $250k depending on what I have to do to keep fighting. I reached my deductible and out of pocket maximum on January 10th of this year.
With the new American Health Care Act I fear my life will be in jeopardy as I am a preexisting condition, and an expensive one at that. I will reach the maximum lifetime limit quickly and will literally have to choose between life and death possibly, due to a vote you will place that affects millions of lives.
Please put faces to your votes, not dollar signs, and show that you are an understanding and caring human that doesn't wish the worst on people.
My name is Alexis Waters and I choose to fight to live and I want you to fight to allow me that right. I didn't choose this battle but I want the choice of how I fight to be mine, not the governments."
If you don't speak up, you'll never be heard
