July 2012
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June 2012
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seulery submitted:
About 5 yrs ago, our healthy family’s health insurance went from $400 a month to $600 a month. No reason, just annual renewal. Our deductible was $10,000, this was no good plan. We had to pay all costs out of pocket until deductible was met. Essentially it was our emergency safety net.
The day I saw that increase, I cried. $600 a month. I went looking for a new policy. I...
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From Carrie in Wisconsin:
Obamacare matters to me because at 33 years old I was diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic. The kind which used to be refereed to as “juvenile diabetes” because it most often happens in children.
This will be with me until the day I die, day in, day out. No amount of diet change, weight loss, or increase in activity level will change that. Period.
I was fortunate enough to...
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Obamacare matters to me.
Justine left this in our inbox yesterday:
I am twenty-one years old and just graduated with a degree in biology from a top-ranked college in Massachusetts. In most cases, this would seem to be a reason for delight, but for the past few weeks, I’ve been full of anxiety. Here’s why.
I come from a lower-middle-class Irish Catholic family. My parents have both worked for their entire lives, and my...
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The Reason I Love President Obama and Obamacare
Valerie left this in our inbox yesterday, before we knew what today’s decision would be:
In January of 2010, I had landed a job as an assistant teacher for a preschool daycare program at my mom’s church. It wasn’t full-time, but it was sufficient, and I knew I’d enjoy playing with the kids, reading books to them and playing house and all. When I got there, though, I was told of a young boy...
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A note from our teammate Toby
Who works a couple desks over, about your chance to meet both the president and the First Lady in one fell swoop. Really really.
I’m going to let you in on a secret:
Your chances of winning Dinner with Barack (and Michelle) are MUCH better than you might think.
I know, because my name was randomly selected. That’s because I donate at least once every time we do these contests just...
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beardedmanchilddd submitted:
I was born into the lower middle class, and have been there my entire life. I have 3 older siblings who all began getting into legal trouble at a young age. Any savings my parents had went to help paying off their court fines.
My dad was laid off when I was young and my mom worked 3 jobs to keep food on the table. Although my dad ended up finding work eventually, we...
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christyherself submitted:
My son has just received word that he has been approved to receive Pell Grants for both semesters of the 2012-13 year. As a single mother, I cannot tell you how much this means to me, as well as my son. He has dreams of teaching English as a second language, and thanks to the help this grant will give us, we have the help we need to make that dream become a reality.
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themedusa submitted:
I was an unexpected child born to two teens. My mom went back to get her GED when I was five and my dad got on at TWA. It seemed that things were going well and we moved into a house in a safer part of town and one more room to accommodate our family’s new addition, my sister. After 9/11, my dad was laid off and was unemployed for almost an entire year. My mom had to give up...
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clairesalcedo submitted:
When the economy spiraled, my parents were hit hard. They’ve had to declare bankruptcy, and things are very tight. I’ve had a crazy road through college - I had to leave the school I was in (it was too expensive), start over at community college, and I was recently accepted to a four year. The only way I’ll be able to afford it is through loans and Pell grants. And I...
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one007 submitted:
I was born to two immigrant parents who instilled the importance of education in me from the very start. It’s always been my priority, and I’ve always given my all in order to excel at it.
My family has been below the poverty line for over five years now, and after I graduated high school last year, it scared me that college, my life-long goal, may not even be a possibility.
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Why We Need Student Loans and Pell Grants
wecanonlylose submitted:
I am the eldest daughter of two awesome parents-a disabled Marine Corps vet and a lovely, witty, hardworking woman. It means a lot to me to be the oldest child and I try to set an example for my sister by working hard and staying on top of my school work. I started college in the fall of 2011 and while money was extremely tight, my parents scrounged up everything they...
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