Posts Tagged ‘Perspective: Women’
Letter to Editor: Leah of Franklin, TN
Leah of Franklin, TN writes: My name is Leah Bennion. As a start-up attorney, I represent many individuals who are fulfilling the American Dream by starting their own businesses. I am a technology lawyer, and many of the individuals I represent are frontiering technology to revolutionize their respective industries. Without the ability to insure his/her…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Samantha of Nashville, TN
Samantha of Nashville, TN writes: My name is Samantha Saturn. I am a 45 year old mother and entrepreneur living in Nashville with my two children, Zander (8) and Natalie (5). My husband also runs his own business as a Physical Therapist. We are successful, hard-working Americans that send our children to public school and have…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Dawn of Nashville, TN
Dawn of Nashville, TN writes: My name is Dawn Bogic and I’m a constituent from Nashville. I am writing because I demand that Republicans stand by their pledge to wait to repeal the ACA until a replacement plan is in place. I have a pre-existing condition and would be impacted by a repeal. Sincerely, Dawn…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Clea of Nashville, TN
Clea of Nashville, TN writes: I am a woman, a mother, a business owner, and now a Tennessean. I’ve never written a letter to a newspaper before, but my outrage over the repeal of the ACA (Obamacare) without a replacement, has reached new heights. If a smart option for a replacement existed, that would be…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Laurel of Nashville, NJ
Laurel of Nashville, NJ writes: My name is Laurel Orely and I’m extremely disappointed by senator Alexander’s actions this week. Everybody deserves health care and we all know that without an individual’s health, they cannot function as a human being. Everything is effected without your health – your job as a care taker, parent,…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Raven of Nashville, TN
Raven of Nashville, TN writes: The Affordable Care Act has helped change my life in several ways. One I will focus on (due to the word limit) is my intra-uterine device (iud). These are primarily known as a form of birth control but what many fail to realize is that for me and many other…
Read MoreKristin of Nashville, TN
Kristin of Nashville, TN writes: I am a wife, a mom of a 4 year old, and stepmom of a 12 year old. I work full time at a nonprofit that serves those without dental insurance, and I work part-time as a helper at my daughter’s day school. I have lived in Nashville for 15…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Sharon of Kingsport, TN
Sharon of Kingsport, TN writes: I am a person of faith and a grandmother who has seen first-hand the benefits of the ACA. My grandson has a condition that will require lifelong medical monitoring and intervention (yet he has a normal expected lifespan). Without Obamacare, his father wouldn’t have been able to accept a better…
Read MoreMelissa of Brentwood, TN
Melissa of Brentwood, TN writes: I am concerned for the poor and uninsurable that are now covered by aca that will suffer if aca is repealed. Please do not make this drastic change. Concern for the sick poor and uninsurable I ask that you listen to your constituents and do not repeal aca and consider…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Nancy of Cookeville, TN
Nancy of Cookeville, TN writes: I have helped sign Tennesseans up for the ACA and have seen many people who previously couldn’t afford medical treatment and suffered for years, now able to afford healthcare and improve their health and their working lives. I have had breast cancer and had been turned down for coverage. I…
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