Healthcare in the US 2/4

Chronic Illness. Early Death. Disjointed Childhood Care. Uninsured Adult.

(Interview with Belinda's mother 12/ 2013. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 This story was written in 2013. Belinda died in...

Fell Through Affordable Care Act Crack in 2015

(Interview 5/2015. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 This subject received an exemption from the Affordable Care Act's federal...

Lung Disease. Aged Out of Medicaid in Florida, a Non-Expansion State. $6,000/month Needed for Drugs

(Interview 9/2015. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I expect very few people to read the portrait stories to the end. So I'm...

Concierge Medicine

(Interview 5/2014. Oil on linen, 40 ins.x 30 ins.) Update 2021 When I reached out to Ilana for an update, she sent me this lovely note....

"The Other Side" Has No Clue About Getting Insurance on One's Own

(Interview 2013. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) 2021 Update I reached out to find out what is going on with this subject. Her husband...

Entrepreneur with Prexisting Condition Got "Creative" before Healthcare Reform

(Interview 10/2013, oil & acrylic on linen 40 x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I struggled with this painting. I distracted myself by all that...

Volunteer Doctor at Clinic Treating Immigrant Community

(Interview 6/2013. Oil on linen 40 ins.x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2013) This is a look at an immigrant population’s access to healthcare...

Social Programs Helped Her Quell Suicidal Thoughts

(Interview 5/2013. Oil on canvas 40 ins.x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Janet is doing very well. She wrote me this note. " I am still receiving...

"Junk Insurance" In Real Life

(Interview 7/2013. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Rose got back to me. "I was suffering from Hep C. I had no insurance. ...

"I did everything right."Lost Job-Based Insurance. Died Early Before Healthcare Reform

(Interview w/ daughter 9/ 2011. Oil in linen, 40 ins x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I have not had success reconnecting with this subject's...

MS Diagnosis. Lost Job. Every Decision is About Health Benefits. Bankrupt in 12 Years.

(Interview 11/ 2011. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I heard from Eva. Good news. "I’m well. Employed and insured! I’m...

27 Year Old. Frostbitten Foot. "Without Insurance I Would Have Been Dead"

(Interview 1/2012. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 Here is what Scott shared when I reached out. "I'm not sure there is...

Family Caregiver Falls Through Affordable Care Act Crack

(Interview 12/2013. Oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2022 When I did the Art As Social Inquiry 8 month website overhaul, some...

Grad Student Self-Diagnosed Before Obamacare. Put Off Tests for Five Years.

(Interview 2/2011. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 My heart skips when I hear from my subjects. It's an I-knew-them-when...

Insurance Imbroglio After Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

(Interview 7/2010, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) How the painting started. Update 2021 I love this painting. I loved painting the...

Uninsured. Needed Care. Medical Debt Bankrupted Her. (ACA not yet a law)

(Interview w/ family 5/2011. Oil on linen, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) CHANGE TITLE Update 2021 I paint my subjects half in and half out of life...

Health Reimbursement Arrangement. What Is It?

(Interview 12/2009. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 The contact info I have for this subject is old. I have no idea where...

Relying on the Kindness of Strangers. No Way to Run a Country's Healthcare System

(Interview 2/2010, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 I only had a phone number for Ron. When I first interviewed him in 2012,...

Freelance Photographer, Graphics Designer, Musician/Performer, Nanny, age 25, Uninsured

(Interview 4/2011. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Update 2021 How many times have I heard, "Young people are healthy. They can go...

The Remote Area Medical® Volunteer Corps Sets Up Mobile Medical Unit to Serve Uninsured in the US

(2011 visit to a Remote Area Medical® pop-up clinic. Oil on canvas, 35 ins. x 48 ins.) Update 2021 Stan Brock founded Remote Area...

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...