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Fell off Subsidy Cliff (before the American Rescue Plan ended it -- temporarily)
(Interview April 2021) (oil on canvas, 48” x 48”) Update 2022 This portrait consists of 2 paintings. One stays in the Art As Social...
2009. Which would kill her first? Congenital heart condition? Or US healthcare system?
(Interview 2/2021) (oil on canvas, 48 ins. x 48 ins.) Required reading from Katherine Standefer, this portrait story’s subject: “The...
Healthcare in the Netherlands
(Interview Jan 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 ins. x 40 ins.) Artist Note (2020) I write this portrait story in the time of...
Medicare Enrollee & NO Supplemental
(Interview September 2019. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 "Hello, I have some exciting news to share with you. I received a...
No Insurance in COVID Times
(Interview November 2020. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Missouri Supreme Court rules that voter-approved Medicaid must be...
Did Not Know She Had Faith-Based "Insurance"
(Interview 5/2019, oil on linen 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 In March 2020 California issued a cease and desist order for Aliera...
Charles Gaba, Health Policy Analyst, Educator, Activist, Blogger
(Interview 2/2019, oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2019) This portrait story looks at the US healthcare system before...
Former Libertarian, Beyond Grateful for Obamacare
(Interview 1/2019, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2019) Jeff is not extraordinary because he damned healthcare reform...
Uninsured, Throat Cancer Scare, Self-Treating with OTC Meds
(Interview 3/2018, oil on linen, 30 ins. x 40 ins.) Update 2021 Christine lost her job as a dental office manager when the pandemic...
Multiple Sclerosis, Uninsured then Gov. Wolf Expanded Medicaid
(Interview 3/2018, oil on canvas, 30 ins. x 40 ins.) Artist Note (2018) If you live in Pennsylvania and you voted for Governor Tom Wolf...
Sabotaging Healthcare Reform (under Trump presidency) Affected Freelancer's Life Decisions
(Interview September 2017, oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2018 The subject sent an update as of 8/2018. After 7 months in the...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patient - Insurance Drives Every Decision
( Interview July 2017, oil and broken glass on canvas, 48 ins. x 30 ins.) 2021 Update Chiara Alice D’Agostino, 48, of Montclair, New...
Uninsured Mike Died. His Healthcare Journey Was Treacherous
(6/2017 interview w/ Mike's mother. Oil, broken mirror on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2017) Is healthcare a human right in...
Blood Cancer, Insurance with Lifetime Limits
(Interview 6/2017, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2018) This portrait story is my response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s...
Musician Rations Insulin even with Health Insurance
(Interview 2/2017. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Notes (2017) It’s taken 3,498 words to tell Campbell Charshee’s story....
Skipped Check-Ups - Full Blown Cancer When ACA Insured
(Interview 2/2017. Oil on canvas, 40 ins x 30 ins.) Artist Notes (2017) What kind of health insurance system pushes an uninsured 40 year...
Lost Employer-Sponsored Insurance Pre-ACA. Died Needing Life-Saving Operation
(11/2010 Interview w/ family. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Billy's story gets me every single time I tell it. I always...
Life in the Medicaid Gap
(Interview 9/2015. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Florida has still not expanded Medicaid. Almost 400,000 Floridians...
Surprise Balance Billing - A bill for $32,000. Whaaaaaat????
(Interview 10/2015. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins. ) Please note: Under the No Surprises Act, an arbitration process is used to...
"Pray You Don't Get Sick"- Healthcare Strategy for Uninsured
(Interview 9/2015. Oil on canvas, 40 ins x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Fred is still very active advocating for Medicaid expansion. Florida...
My Abortion Story
(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) I had an abortion. I’m sharing my story to bear witness for all the women who have ever had to make...
Fell off Subsidy Cliff (before the American Rescue Plan ended it -- temporarily)
(Interview April 2021) (oil on canvas, 48” x 48”) Update 2022 This portrait consists of 2 paintings. One stays in the Art As Social...
Enough
(oil, acrylic on canvas, 48 ins. x 60 ins.) “Enough” hangs upside down until President Trump no longer occupies the White House. Once...
Big World, Small Man
(oil on canvas, 36 ins. x 72 ins.) This painting “Big World Small Man” is my response to Donald Trump as President of the United States...
Nuclear Trump
(oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) This painting is a thank you to Republican heroes, both high profile public servants and citizen...
I'm With Her
(30 ins. x 40 ins., oil on canvas) Hillary Clinton faced Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election. She won the popular vote but...
Corey
(Oil on canvas, 72 ins. x 36 ins.) (Interview with Corey’s parents, 4/ 2014) Update 2021 I was saddened to see that a lot of the links...
Dina Nina
(oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) (Interview 5/2015) Artist’s Note (2015) Dina Nina Martinez is a transgender woman. Her journey to...
Nam. Can We Stop Now?
(47 ins. x 46 ins., acrylic on paper ) This painting is about examining/feeling the past so we are free to make peace in the present. We...
"I went into hemorrhagic shock in the ambulance."
(oil on canvas , 36 ins. x 72 ins.) (Interview 8/2015) 2021 Update Alec went on to cofound the Denver Justice Project, " a coalition...
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