Medicare, Medicaid and Disability

Dreams of American HealthcareMy documentary project on health care has picked up some pace and I am working with three people in the Charlotte and Monroe area currently. They all have very interesting, sad and disturbing stories about their struggle surviving major health injuries. Vernadine has a prosthetic leg and is more than 100,000 dollars in debt. Keith was diagnosed with tongue and throat cancer in November 2009 and went through 35 radiation treatments. His last bite of food was in November and he has been fed through his stomach ever since. Angie, 45, has been diagnosed with breast cancer two times and is still paying off debt from her treatments. All three individuals are on disability, however, the disability is not sufficient enough for them to support themselves without the help of friends and families. A book could be written about each one of them explaining their stories and how they got to where they are, but for now I’ll just show some photographs.