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'I never felt more helpless' than when I was an uninsured new father
2025-04-22 16:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
While I was attending Georgetown Law School, my wife and I were blessed with a little baby girl, who was born with a serious heart defect. We had no health insurance.I rushed to Childrens National Hospital in Washington, D.C., with my wife and daughter. We waited in the hospitals charity ward, which provided medical services to those who could not afford to pay or were uninsured. We waited for the opportunity to see a doctor any doctor who might be able to help my little girl.As an uninsured, new father, I never felt more helpless than I did at that moment. It was a terrible feeling, one that I have never forgotten.I cant help but think about that feeling as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans target Americans health care coverage in an effort to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.In their budget resolution, House Republicans have proposed $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, a program that more than 70 million Americans rely on. Medicaid covers 30 million childr...
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