Teri Kepner
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October 31, 2012
I'm voting because healthcare is more than a campaign talking point for me and my son, Cody. Cody, now 25 years old, was in college when he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. But like many young adults, he held two part-time jobs, neither of which offered insurance and he’d been dropped from my insurance after turning 19. With no health insurance to provide the ongoing treatment needed for his disease, Cody wound up in the emergency room. Once he almost died when a hospital emergency room turned him away because his condition wasn't yet "life threatening."
Today, because of the Affordable...
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March 15, 2012
My son, Cody, was 22 years old when his Crohn’s Disease became active. He was employed full-time in the public elementary school system as an aide to two boys with autism. The job offered no health insurance. He also worked part time at Panera Bread—another job offering no health insurance as it was part-time. He was also a part-time student at the local community college—again not qualifying for health insurance through them. He had lost his health coverage through us, his parents, the day he turned 21. Cody’s first symptoms were misdiagnosed as an infection. When his symptoms got worse, not...
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