Video: Natoma Canfield on Countdown, "I'm feeling a lot better now..."

[Clio the Leo]

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Said it was "Just amazing" that the President came to her town because of her letter.

Her payments are "beyond terrifying."

Urges her Rep. Dennis Kucinich "it just seems to me that everything needs a start...."

President Barack Obama reads a letter he received from Natoma Canfield of Medina, Ohio, during a meeting with insurance company executives hosted by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 4, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

[Jennicut]

1. She gets it, even with what she is going through.

"everything needs a start".

[FrenchieCat]

2. really sad.......

But I'm sure Dennis has his fingers in his ears.
The bill's not perfect, so it's a no go for him,
I don't even need intrade to know.

[Jennicut]

3. DK doesn't get it. I don't think he is a bad man.

I don't think his intentions are bad. But his tactics will never help get a better bill, if that is what he wants. I prefer not to live in all or nothing-ville.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Citizen United will get us before any other bill ever show up......

Far as I'm concerned, this was our last chance.

It's like Kucinich could have a woman dying at his feet, and he'd bend down to her and say.....
Sorry, the bill's not good enough, and start talking to her about Single Payer and insurance company evils (like she wouldn't know).

Anyways, I'm pissed, but I need to stop talking now....
since nothing I say certainly won't make a bit of difference.

[Jennicut]

6. We might not need his vote. I hope we don't. We may pick off enough of Stupak's

so called coalition.

[Cha]

7. One thing keeps me going..

and that's..karma's a bitch.

[katandmoon]

5. I don't think it was that amazing that Obama went to her town. He went there to put DK on the spot.T

That's why her letter was singled out from the pile. It certainly wasn't random.

There was something really missing from Obama's speech -- the name of her evil health care company. Why wasn't that mentioned?

[FrenchieCat]

8. It's was the letter he read to the Ins. Executive a couple of weeks ago.....

and she was just diagnosed with leukemia on this weekend...after she collapsed
suddenly.

I don't know if his plan was all about the Kouch....
But someone like you might think so.
That sense of importance must be contagious.

[sandnsea]

9. Fill in the blank

It could be any of them. That's the point. It could be yours, no matter who you are because they're all the same.

[katandmoon]

10. No, they're not all the same. This one deserved to be mentioned but Obama protected it. Of course.

[Jennicut]

13. It was Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

She had to drop the insurance when she could no longer afford it after the premiums skyrocketed. Here is her original letter:


Natoma Canfield's letter
Monday, March 15, 2010 12:42 PM

Here is the text of the letter sent by Natoma Canfield of Medina to President Barack Obama in December, as released by the White House:

Dear President Obama

I am 50 years old. I was diagnosed with carcinoma in-situ 16 years ago and following my divorce 12 years ago I became self-employed. After my Cobra ran out I was able to find costly, but affordable health insurance. As a responsible individual, I have struggled to maintain my individual coverage and have increased my deductible and out of pocket-limits in an attempt to control my cost and keep my health insurance.

Last year (2009) my insurance premium was increased over 25% even though I increased my deductible and out of pocket to the highest limits available. I paid out over $6075.24 in premiums, $2415.26 for medical care, $225 in co-pays and $1500 for prescriptions. I never reached my deductible of $2500 so the insurance company only paid out a total $935.32 to my providers.

I must repeat, in 2009 my insurance company received $6075.24 in premiums and paid out only $935.32! Incredibly I have just been notified that my premium for next year 2010 has been increased over 40% to $8496.24($708.02 per month)!!!! This is the same insurance company I have been with for over 11 cancer free years!!!

I need your Health reform bill to help me!!! I simply can no longer afford to pay for my health care costs!! Thanks to this incredible premium increase demanded by my insurance company, January will be my last month of insurance.

I live in the house my mother & father built in 1958 and I am so afraid of the possibility I might loose this family heirloom as a result of my being forced to drop my health care insurance. The health insurance industry technically has not denied me insurance directly, but indirectly they have by increasing my costs. They perceive me as becoming a higher risk factor to them despite being a loyal customer. I will never be able to obtain new health insurance due to the lack of real competition.

We are talking about Anthem who apparently has no respect for your attempts to reform the health insurance industry.

Please stay focused in your reform attempts as I and many others are in desperate need of your help.

Sincerely

Natoma Canfield

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/15/obama-canfieldletter.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

It was easy for me to find that it was Anthem. Obama highlighted her letter originally and the mention of Anthem was always in there.

[Clio the Leo]

11. We know .... and there's no Santa Claus and its our parents who put money under our pillows...

.... and not the tooth fairy.

But thanks for pointing that out.

[slipslidingaway]

12. Bingo! When Obama popped into the meeting that was moved to the

WH at the last minute and read a letter to the invited CEO's of insurance companies I did not realize she lived in Kucinich's district.

But I bet someone in the WH did.

Of all the letters and all the districts... what a coincidence.

:shrug:

And where are the letters from the people going broke because they cannot keep up with deductibles and maybe out of network charges.