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How Health Care Reform Touches Us All

Rosie-Martinez_lacounty_80x80.jpgBy Rosie Martinez
LA County Public Health Nurse

Health care reform has touched people more directly than any other issue of the day

Today was a historic moment for the American people, with the passage of the health care reform bill, but for me it is a personal triumph. 

When the health care debate began my daughter and her family lacked health insurance. Even though she was a health care professional and worked regularly as a hospice nurse she lacked basic health insurance. Today there is hope for my daughter and the 32 million Americans without insurance who have an opportunity to benefit from this historic vote. 

Today she and her children will have the opportunity to have quality of care. Today is the beginning of a journey that has taken decades to accomplish. The real winners are ultimately the 32 million uninsured Americans and the millions more with employer health insurance that costs too much and doesn’t cover enough. Now we’ll have real protections if we lose our jobs or have serious illnesses. 

Our work on healthcare reform has not ended with this historic vote, but we will continue to make sure our mantra for the future is HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.

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