I am a 31 year old wife, and mother. My husband is self-employed; therefore we do not have health insurance. We priced it a few years back and found that the price of insurance we qualified for outweighed the benefits significantly. I am an asthmatic and have been all my life, because of this fact, insurance companies will not cover my asthma needs, which is the only reason I ever go to a doctor. Other than my asthma, I am very healthy. I require a maintenance inhaler (Asmanex) and a pill to keep me symptom free. These drugs without insurance cost me over $200.00 a month. With the economy the way it is, I go without my medication; which means I can never breathe and it seriously affects my abilities to function as a human being and mother. Even if insurance companies would cover my “pre-existing” condition, we could still not afford the cost of insurance. Health coverage should be a right, not a privilege, and adding a "public option" into this healthcare bill is the only way to insure my family and the 47 million Americans without health insurance get the care we all need.

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