Former Rep. Donna Edwards Says She Has MS, Makes Plea For Health Care Reforms
July 8, 2017 2:53 PM
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In an OpEd featured in the Washington Post,former Congresswoman Donna Edwards, who ran to fill SenatorBarbara Mikulski’s seat in 2015, says she has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
In a letter to Representatives through, Edwards says that since leaving her position in Congress, she now faces the same bottle as many other Americans who face losing coverage or increased rates due to proposed health care bill up for vote in the Senate.
“If we return to a time when people with preexisting conditions can be charged more than healthy people, it will surely result in my never being able to afford insurance again. If we return to a time of lifetime caps, I will no longer have health insurance,” she says.
She says it wasn’t until after the April 2016 primary loss, that she experienced symptoms of fatigue and had issues with the feeling in her legs.
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http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/07/08/rep-donna-edwards-says-she-has-ms/
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Former House Dem reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis in healthcare plea
BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 07/09/17 10:59 AM EDT
A former House Democrat is revealing her battle with multiple sclerosis in an op-ed pleading for lawmakers to maintain healthcare coverage for people with preexisting conditions.
Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) said she is worried she won't be able to cover medical costs of nearly $100,000 a year.
"But I pray that as you finish doing whatever it is that you are doing with health care, you remember that I was one of your colleagues, that I worked hard and that I don’t have a preexisting condition because I was a bad person who led an unhealthy life," Edwards wrote Friday in The Washington Post.
"I have a preexisting condition simply because I do; and I, like millions of other Americans in the same situation, deserve quality, affordable health care," she continued.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/341181-former-house-dem-reveals-multiple-sclerosis-diagnosis-in-healthcare-plea
I wish her the best.
