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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...
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. ...
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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