Going on Disability pros and cons

Merilee:  Let's hope that the moderators will take this and give us the help we need to make it work. It needs to be organized and a special letter that says what needs to be said should be posted.  If the mods don't take part in this, I hope we will not allow it to just fade away.  Washington can ignore a few letters here and there on a problem but when they get swamped on a "special day" with hundreds of letters especially during an election year, we may have some hope of getting their attention.  If WE sit back and wait for someone else to resolve this terrible healthcare problem in our country, it will never be done.  WE must make a decision to take charge of it ourselves and let Washington know we won't continue to accept this healthcare insurance problem in our country. 

My prayer every day and night is "Please God help me to always be able to find "affordable" health insurance for my daughter".  But I then remember God helps those who help themselves and I end up sending more letters to Washington.  But this is not a problem "one" person can fix.  We must join together to get their attention!  Mods:  Can you, will you help us??

Merilee:  I would not be the best one to draft the kind of letter you want because you are aiming at mainly bringing attention to helping breast cancer survivors.  This problem, imo, goes far beyond just bringing attention  to bc ladies.  What about the millions of other people who are just as desperate for affordable medical insurance.  If the ladies in such huge numbers were willing to make the letter about "all" Americans who need the help, I would be inclined to support it more.  You see I am fighting my battle for my DD who is just as desperate for medical insurance (since she was fired from her job) as anyone with bc.  However, my letters I send for her cause always includes ALL the people who need affordable health insurance.   If you want it to be singled out for bc sufferers then I think the mods should come up with a letter on our behalf which we could copy and mail out letting Washington know that things have gotten so bad that the Mods of our website are trying to help us with this dire problem.  I, personally, could not come up with a letter not including my DD and others like her who are suffering just as badly as bc survivors.  This problem goes beyond bc, imo.   If they even just deleted the "6 month" clause out of the PCIP Bill that would allow us to find health coverage through our own individual states.  It's not cheap but it is coverage.