Health care was so important to my family.
I was in graduate school when I had my son, and I had no health insurance. Luckily, I was able to obtain healthcare coverage through Medi-Cal, which was essential to the well-being of my unborn child. I received quality care during the remainder of the pregnancy and for a couple of years after birth until I finished graduate school.
Health care was crucial in my son’s case because he had a number of respiratory problems, which led to bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma. He even had to see a pulmonary specialist. He now is free of all respiratory ailments thanks to the health care we received.
I'm so glad that health reform will extend health insurance millions of people in the U.S. and that my son will not be
denied coverage because of his prior respiratory problems. No child should be without health insurance!
Chantal Reynolds works in youth leadership and development and is a mother of one in Oakland, California.
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