Nancer Ballard

I am a environmental and insurance coverage lawyer, a writer, a book artist, and a mother. I work part time at a law firm, and am a Resident Scholar at Brandeis University. I lead or coordinate or participate in three civic engagement groups and worked on Hillary, Obama and Maggie Hassen campaigns. I have raised more than $25,000 for charities in the past five years through various athletic endeavors, and I'm worried about our country.

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Health Care

September 22, 2017

We are submitting to Congress these ninety-five stories and reasons why the Senate and House should vote no on the Graham-Cassidy bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and drastically reduce health care protections to more than 30 million Americans. Our health care stories take place in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina Texas, Vermont, Washington, but all of the stories describe situations that people in every state in the country experience. We contributors have a variety...

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Health Care

July 13, 2017

No one who is healthy wants to believe they will get sick. No one expects to get cancer, or renal failure, or into a car accident. No one tries to become the victim of a heart attack, or a terrorist attack, mental illness. No one believes that they will become addicted, or that their baby will be born without fully formed lungs. And most importantly, no one expects to be denied health care. We all believe that doctors and nurses and EMTS and police will not leave us or our children to die or refuse to help us recover. Not me, not you. People are better than this. Our country is better than...

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95 Health Care Stories and Reasons to Vote NO on Graham-Cassidy

What You Can Do to Help Save Health Care, Whether You Have Democratic or Republican Senators