Julia Bryan
DNC Member, CZ Vice Chair
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Julia Bryan commented 2017-09-21 17:17:10 -0400
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A helpful roundup from Costa Rica #DAresists #Medicare4all
Regarding Costa Rica's public health care system, I have belonged to the CAJA for 19 years. The cost based on income is affordable. I pay on a voluntary basis. I ...
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$30,000 in U.S. vice 10 Euros in Germany -- and the 10 Euros goes further! #DAresists #Medicare4all
While I was in college Ohio, I had a severe staph infection and had to be hospitalizd for nearly a month. When I returned home, I still needed outpatient care ...
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An holistic, comparative perspective from Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
As a Canadian born US citizen who has spent time living and working in Europe I can comment from experience on life under four different systems -- one universal single ...
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More than 20 years of satisfying coverage in Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have lived in the UK since 1995. I’ve had 2 children here. They’re both fully vaccinated. My husband and daughter have both had emergency appendectomies. Both children have had ...
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Emergency lifesaving treatment as a student in Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
When I was 18 during my freshman year at UofT, I started to have really strong, constant stomach pain and vomiting. It was really frightening, and for two days the ...
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Having a baby in Spain #DAresists #Medicare4all
I experienced my entire pregnancy and birth in Spain. I used private insurance, but it's only 30 euro per month and 3 euro per appointment because it is subsidized. Other ...
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Healthcare in Taiwan #DAresists #Medicare4all
I've lived in Hsinchu, Taiwan since August, 2014 working as an English teacher. I've enjoyed the benefits of single-payer healthcare ever since. With only a monthly payment of roughly $25 ...
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Happy to have healthcare (UK) #DAresists #Medicare4all
I am a healthy young adult living in the United Kingdom. Although the NHS certainly has its problems and is underfunded, it is still fantastic! Just knowing that if I ...
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A genuine experience from Austria #DAresists #Medicare4all
Here´s a little anecdote of mine: While I was a student in Austria, one night my left ear popped as if I were in an airplane. I couldn´t hear much ...
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An emergency experience in Hong Kong #DAresists #Medicare4all
About a year and a half ago, my then-boyfriend (now husband) was out for a bachelor party in Lan Kwai Fong, one of Hong Kong's nightlife districts. As he walked ...
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A comparative story from Australia #DAresists #Medicare4all
Hi there, I’m a NC voter living in Australia and working for Bupa, a UK-based health insurer and care partner. Long before I had up-close experience with a functioning healthcare ...
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Perspective of a young American living in Brazil #DAresists #Medicare4all
young, independent, and empowered Universal healthcare is a fundamental right to all human beings. Recently graduating from college and no longer on my parents healthcare plan, i moved to Brazil ...
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Great experience for husband and wife living in Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
My husband, then 65, needed a knee replacement. He was able to get it after a 5-month wait. After a group information session--which included one old patient maybe in his ...
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Tales from 9°N, on the skinny part of Latin America #DAresists #Medicare4all
1. For starters, I grew up colonial, in a place with socialized medicine. That is, the former Canal Zone. When people object to calling the Canal Zone socialistic on the ...
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UK NHS provides peace of mind #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have lived in the UK for almost 20 years and have very much depended on the UK for my healthcare. I know that when I am ill I can ...
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Overview from nearly 20 years in the UK #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have been living in England since 2001. My health care here has been excellent. I don’t have a single “story” of why the care here is excellent but I ...
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A great experience from Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
My wife & I were both unemployed when a checkup found out she had life threatening anemia. She was admitted to hospital immediately, given multiple transfusions, and a barrage of ...
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Great coverage stories from Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
I am grateful for Canada's health care system One reader's comment to the New York Times this week captured my feelings exactly: however imperfect our Canadian health system might be ...
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I'll gladly take Sweden over the US #DAresists #Medicare4all
I worked for the US Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC, for 3 1/2 years. I bought the best health insurance I thought I could afford from the options we ...
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