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| Noneal Davenport |
My mama died of metastatic
breast cancer two years and seven months ago. She was a wonderful, gentle, kind and talented
woman who worked hard raising four children and three step-children. She also worked as a graphic artist for her own
business and, later, as a substitute teacher for special ed classes.
However, for 20+ years, she did not have
health insurance, until she reached age 65, due to several serious pre-existing
health conditions. She did not go to the
ER for sore throats and ear infections.
She worked hard to pay her bills to specialists, hospitals, and
surgeons. There were a number of times
that her concerns and symptoms were overlooked by doctors because the tests she
needed were too costly for someone without insurance. As a result, I believe that the health care
she was able to pay for out of pocket was inferior and sub-standard.
I wish that she had been
able to get the health coverage she deserved - regardless of her pre-existing
conditions. I wish that her many
mammograms had been covered 100%. I wish
that she was alive today.
If I take to heart some
of the articles, posts and comments I’ve read in the past 24 hours, these wishes make me
a “moron”, a “socialist”, a “bleeding heart”, an “imbecile”, and “brain –
washed”. And, apparently, my mama’s lack
of health coverage made her a lazy, mooching, good-for-nothing low-life who got
what she deserved…death.
Luckily, I don’t believe everything I read,
but… it still cuts me to the quick.
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