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Writer of grants and occasional essays. Healthcare voter. Safe streets advocate. Published in @NYtimes @ModernLoss @LiteraryMama @Oregonian @HighCountryNews

Portland, OR
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    Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

    In 2010, I had good union health insurance. Obamacare was the law of the land. In November that yr my 1yo son was struck by a careless driver in a crosswalk. After two surgeries and a night in intensive care, he died.

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      2. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Before we knew the outcome, I sat at his bedside, his tiny stitched-together body hooked to a million incessantly beeping machines, straining to recall what our deductibles were. I worried I wouldn't be able to keep working during what could be a long hospital stay.

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      3. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        I googled FMLA and learned I wouldn't qualify b/c I hadn't been at my job for a year. If I lost my job we would both be without insurance. Without my income, there was no way we could afford $1K/month COBRA.

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      4. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Within a week of his death, before we had even received a bill, the hospital put a lien on our house to make sure we wouldn't skip out on the PICU bill.

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      5. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        My husband who was also injured in the crash, was refused treatment by his primary care doc b/c she didn't accept payment from auto insurance and his health insurer wouldn't pay til we exhausted our auto insurance.

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      6. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Have you ever had to call around to find a doctor that can handle your specific insurance situation? Have you done it in the days after your toddler has died, when you haven't even figured out a way to talk about it, when your husband is injured and urgently needs a Rx refill?

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      7. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        We ended up with around $5K in out-of-pocket expenses and our health insurer paid $175K. Eventually, we'd receive a settlement from the at-fault driver. For a minute, we thought we might be OK financially.

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      8. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Then our health ins. co. came after our pain and suffering settlement. They demanded reimbursement for the $175K they were out. Turns out they were legally entitled to do that. In an instant, our modest settlement - meant to compensate for the loss of our son - was reduced to $0

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      9. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        (Side Note: It took me 8 yrs but in 2019 I initiated and passed a bill making this practice illegal in OR. It remains legal in many states.)

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      10. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Through all this, my husband and I both were suffering from PTSD. We had jobs, a mortgage. All of it hung in the balance. In a humane system, we could grieve without having to navigate an insurance juggernaut, without worrying about being thrust into debt and poverty.

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      11. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Despite Obamacare and "good" union insurance, we were nearly bankrupted by a 27-hour hospital stay.

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      12. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        Every one of us lives in a body that is going to fail. Sometimes it happens suddenly, catastrophically. Do you want to fight with insurers when this happens? Do you want to sort through a mountain of bills when you lose someone you love, when your grief is raw?

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      13. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        There is no compromise on healthcare that doesn't leave millions of people unacceptably vulnerable to corporations trying to profit from sick and injured people.

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      14. Michelle DuBarry‏ @DuBarryPie Feb 23

        I believe change is coming. I am ready to fight for other families, for #MedicareForAll, and to elect @BernieSanders president. Sending solidarity and love to all who are suffering under this awful system. ❤️👊

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