My Country is Killing Me

Coming soon on May 25th | Healthcare and American Depravity - An Essay by Kimberly J. Soenen

(“Dropped again. Suicidal ideation.” Aetna, a CVS company, purchases IlliniCare Health Medicaid and renames it HealthChoice Illinois causing the The Editor to lose her medical care network, formulary stability and access to healthcare without notice again. Major hospitals in Chicago including University of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial and Rush stopped accepting HealthChoice Illinois because Aetna—like all Commercial Health Insurance industry companies—intentionally delays reimbursements to hospitals up to two years in many cases. Chicago, January 2020. Photo of the Editor / Self.)

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I am on Medicaid.

As of May 1st, again, I am on Medicaid.

Am I “lazy?” Not “hard working” enough? Am I the “working poor?” Do I “deserve” healthcare? Am I irresponsible?

What is the correct “label” for me on Capitol Hill? “Bankrupted by Denial of Care Harm-for-Profit and unaffordable healthcare in the United States of America.”

Read my forthcoming article on May 25th in THE FINE PRINT Health Humanities Magazine: My Country is Killing Me: The Slow Drip of Cruelty and Greed.

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