Julia Bryan
CZ Vice Chair
LATEST BY Julia Bryan
Freedom from Fear #DAresists #Medicare4all
The person who should have written this was my wife. Unfortunately, she couldn’t as she died from pancreatic cancer two years ago. Given that in some of our last conversations ...
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British National Health Service #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have lived in Britain many years and consider the British National Health Service a very good thing. It is for everybody, rich and poor. It is possible to still ...
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#DAresists #Medicare4all
A comment I posted on the internet two years ago: "Insurance companies do not provide health care. They act as intermediaries between you and doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, etc. taking ...
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An Expat’s View of Heath Care Down Under #DAresists #Medicare4all
As an American expat living in Australia I feel blessed that I can go to sleep every night knowing that my wife and I will never have to worry about ...
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Universal health care in France #DAresists #Medicare4all
Hello, fellow Democrats Abroad! I have been under universal health care coverage for nearly all my professional career, first in Algeria, and now in France. I have had some harrowing ...
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Universal health care in France #DAresists #Medicare4all
Happily, we have not had to seek health care in France (except for routine blood tests that were easy, quick and inexpensive) but we do have a story. The young ...
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Universal health care in the United Kingdom #DAresists #Medicare4all
My sick baby had an emergency medical team at my door at midnight on a Saturday within 15 minutes of calling them. There was no charge. When I broke my ...
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Back Surgery in France : being treated like a human being. #DAresists #Medicare4all
In 2014 I had to have back surgery to remove a severely herniated disc. Leading up to the surgery I had an X-ray, two MRIs, two non-effective cortisone injections and ...
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It isn't just for the times you are sick #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have lived in the UK for ten years and have been fortunate to be healthy the majority of the time. But the security I feel in knowing that I ...
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The cost of doing business #DAresists #Medicare4all
About eight years ago, my husband left his own company and started his own business in London. It was a bit risky with three children still at home and university ...
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I love the NHS #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have been living in England for over 17 years (after having grown up in the US for over 25 years, with a father who was a doctor in the ...
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Healthy and debt-free in France #DAresists #Medicare4all
Here in France my parents both received excellent care for their cancers which were detected early thanks to all the help getting free screenings and cheap visits to specialists. I ...
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My experience with the French health care system #DAresists #Medicare4all
Last September I fell and couldn't get up. The spirit was willing but my femur wasn't, as evidenced by my right foot sticking out at a 90 degree angle from ...
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No financial worries when recovering from hosptalization #DAresists #Medicare4all
I spent 2 weeks in the hospital to treat a major infection. I never saw a bill. I didn't have to worry about how I was going to pay. My ...
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