To: President Donald Trump, The Texas State House, The Texas State Senate, Governor Greg Abbott, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Obamacare is a real thing
My story is pretty unique. My name is Jennifer Harris. I live in Plano, Tx. I have never had healthcare even though I have been fully employed since I was 18.
But restaurants, clubs, even corporate
restaurants do not offer benefits.
So what? I thought. If I get sick, I'll just
go to primacare and pay out of pocket.
I began working at Ntx auto museum and event center in Richardson, Tx in February of this year. I was hired for a front desk position. I thought it was at least a foot in the door so that I could leave the restaurant industry behind.
There was a very nice lady that worked with me when I first started. I only got to work with her for maybe two weeks, before my boss, Michael Mazeheri, fired her. I took it as an opportunity to move forward, and figured out how to make the business function with no real training. It is an event center, so the rooms rent out for weddings, quincenaras, mitzvahs both bar and bat.
I worked almost exclusively with this 1 percent billionaire population every one keeps talking about. I treated all my clients fairly, whether they were very wealthy or not, because it's not fair for anyone to get ripped off for anything.
I was unaware at the time that he wasn't supposed to
start his vehicles in the building. But he knew.
I was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning on June 12, 2012 from the bush renner plaza of Richardson Methodist hospital. It was fifth visit in one week.
The symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure mimic a flu, or bronchitis. Since I don't have healthcare, I had to keep going to the e r to try to find out why I couldn't breathe. It was very scary, and it's very serious.
Point is, I could have died do to one man's negligence.
The only treatment for carbon monoxide exposure is hyperbaric chamber treatments. They cost $250 a session.
And I need the treatments starting last Monday, when they realized that the oxygen in the environment is not going to be strong enough to break the bonds that have developed between my carbon molecules and oxygen molecules. It sucks, really bad. I have short term memory loss, which is really frustrating because I can never find the remote or my car keys. I have constant migraines, sleeping problems, no appetite, and am starting to lose my sense of taste and smell.
I'll make a full recovery from this, I start my treatments on Monday. My father is going to foot the bill.
I tried everything I could to prevent having to go to my family for money, yes it's my own fault for not saving up. I just live paycheck to paycheck, because I have bills that are pretty high.
I applied for united healthcare, they accepted me, but in their overwriting agreement, no benefits would be able to kick in anyway until July. This is extremely time sensitive, so I applied for obamacare on www.pcip.gov.
It will only cost me around $100 a month to get the healthcare I've always needed.
Thank god.
I've never really taken any real interest in politics until this complete fiasco I'm involved in now.
So yes, it is the right thing. Gas prices have gone up, yes, and that is a real time stresser. But I honestly feel that now I would be willing to give up any nominal portion of any paycheck I receive for the rest of my life to support this issue of healthcare, because it happened to me.
But restaurants, clubs, even corporate
restaurants do not offer benefits.
So what? I thought. If I get sick, I'll just
go to primacare and pay out of pocket.
I began working at Ntx auto museum and event center in Richardson, Tx in February of this year. I was hired for a front desk position. I thought it was at least a foot in the door so that I could leave the restaurant industry behind.
There was a very nice lady that worked with me when I first started. I only got to work with her for maybe two weeks, before my boss, Michael Mazeheri, fired her. I took it as an opportunity to move forward, and figured out how to make the business function with no real training. It is an event center, so the rooms rent out for weddings, quincenaras, mitzvahs both bar and bat.
I worked almost exclusively with this 1 percent billionaire population every one keeps talking about. I treated all my clients fairly, whether they were very wealthy or not, because it's not fair for anyone to get ripped off for anything.
I was unaware at the time that he wasn't supposed to
start his vehicles in the building. But he knew.
I was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning on June 12, 2012 from the bush renner plaza of Richardson Methodist hospital. It was fifth visit in one week.
The symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure mimic a flu, or bronchitis. Since I don't have healthcare, I had to keep going to the e r to try to find out why I couldn't breathe. It was very scary, and it's very serious.
Point is, I could have died do to one man's negligence.
The only treatment for carbon monoxide exposure is hyperbaric chamber treatments. They cost $250 a session.
And I need the treatments starting last Monday, when they realized that the oxygen in the environment is not going to be strong enough to break the bonds that have developed between my carbon molecules and oxygen molecules. It sucks, really bad. I have short term memory loss, which is really frustrating because I can never find the remote or my car keys. I have constant migraines, sleeping problems, no appetite, and am starting to lose my sense of taste and smell.
I'll make a full recovery from this, I start my treatments on Monday. My father is going to foot the bill.
I tried everything I could to prevent having to go to my family for money, yes it's my own fault for not saving up. I just live paycheck to paycheck, because I have bills that are pretty high.
I applied for united healthcare, they accepted me, but in their overwriting agreement, no benefits would be able to kick in anyway until July. This is extremely time sensitive, so I applied for obamacare on www.pcip.gov.
It will only cost me around $100 a month to get the healthcare I've always needed.
Thank god.
I've never really taken any real interest in politics until this complete fiasco I'm involved in now.
So yes, it is the right thing. Gas prices have gone up, yes, and that is a real time stresser. But I honestly feel that now I would be willing to give up any nominal portion of any paycheck I receive for the rest of my life to support this issue of healthcare, because it happened to me.
Why is this important?
My petition is about how obamacare has directly benefited me, as a 33 yr old full time employee, who got very sick because of a very rich man's actions. I never had insurance because I never had a job that even bothered to offer it to me, although I have been employed since I was 18. I am healthy, with no real reason for a primary care physician or healthcare, just like everyone else my age.