Everyone has a health care story. What’s yours?
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum wants to share your stories to help put a face on today’s health issues and how they affect Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. We use these stories, always with permission, to assist journalists, policy makers, and other advocates by connecting them with individuals like you. Your comments may appear on our site and we may use your story to help persuade policymakers to support health reform. Some possible uses include legislative testimony, media opportunities, and to share with our partner organizations. Please click here to share your story!
Stories about the experiences of real people help make difficult and often complex policy issues understandable to a broader group. Reporters and policy makers find the stories useful to better illustrate the everyday struggles that Americans face concerning their health care. We obtain permission from each consumer before releasing his or her story. Please click here to share your story!
Here are just a few examples of the kinds of stories we're collecting right now:
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum wants to share your stories to help put a face on today’s health issues and how they affect Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. We use these stories, always with permission, to assist journalists, policy makers, and other advocates by connecting them with individuals like you. Your comments may appear on our site and we may use your story to help persuade policymakers to support health reform. Some possible uses include legislative testimony, media opportunities, and to share with our partner organizations. Please click here to share your story!
Stories about the experiences of real people help make difficult and often complex policy issues understandable to a broader group. Reporters and policy makers find the stories useful to better illustrate the everyday struggles that Americans face concerning their health care. We obtain permission from each consumer before releasing his or her story. Please click here to share your story!
Here are just a few examples of the kinds of stories we're collecting right now:
- Stories about Health Care and the Economy: Have your medical bills forced you into bankruptcy or foreclosure? Have you lost your health insurance because of the economic downturn? Are you having trouble purchasing coverage, paying for medications, visiting doctors, or getting the care you need because of the economic situation? Do you have debts that are related to health care services you needed but could not pay for? Have you had to decide between paying your rent/mortgage or your medications? Please click here to share story!
- Health Disparities Stories: Have you or your family been dissatisfied by the quality of health care received? Did language or cultural barriers interfere with the quality of care received? In your opinion, did you ever receive inferior health care because of your background, language, skin color? Have you or your family experienced a gap in health care services due to your gender or race/ethnicity? Have you ever been denied care? Please click here to share your story!
- Stories about Small Businesses: Are you a small business owner? What, if any, has been your experience trying to find affordable coverage for your employees? Please click here to share your story!
- Uninsured Adults: How does it feel to be uninsured? Do you worry? If you are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition, unaffordable premiums, or any other reason, we’d like to hear from you! Has your lack of insurance caused you to delay or cut back on care for a serious illness? Has your uninsured status and resulting health problems caused you to miss work? Do you find yourself trying to take care of health problems at home (for example, using home remedies or herbs)? Have you had to decide between paying your rent/mortgage or your medications? Please click here to share your story!
- Stories about Children's Health Insurance: Do you have or know any uninsured children? Do you have children or know children who have benefited from the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)? Please click here to share your story!
- Stories about Medicare Part D and the Doughnut Hole: Are you having difficulty enrolling in Medicare Part D, are confused by the program, have fallen into the coverage gap known as the "doughnut hole," or have enrolled in a plan that is not working for you? Please click here to share your story!
- Stories about the Private Insurance Market: Do you have private insurance but still struggle to pay your premiums, copayments, and/or deductibles? Do you have private insurance but your insurance company will not cover the care that your doctor says you need? Were you dropped from your insurance for any reason? Has the failing economy affected your health care decisions? Please click here to share your story!
- Other stories: If you've had any experiences that illustrate the need for better, more comprehensive, and more affordable health coverage, Please click here to share your story!
