Friday, August 10, 2007

Take a peek at this...

Steve Skvara, is a retired steelworker. His story is just one of millions that we, unfortunately, rarely hear, but which are all too common in America today.

Mr. Skvara spent 30 years working at the LTV steel plant in East Chicago, Indiana. His job came with health insurance benefits and a pension that he thought he'd have for the rest of his life. Then LTV claimed bankruptcy cutting his health insurance and part of his pension.

Mr. Skvara and his wife, Sandy, suffer from injuries sustained in a car accident a decade ago. Mr. Skvara's pension barely covers his own medical needs. But they can't afford coverage for Sandy.

Hard-working Americans won't get the real universal health care they need unless we're willing to fight the big insurance and pharmaceutical companies for it. We can't just trade our insiders for their insiders. We have to change the system altogether.

http://www.johnedwards.com/watch/tell-a-friend/steve-skvara

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