Your Stories

Patti Peacock

Patti Peacock

Our grandson was born with a heart defect requiring two surgeries in his 1st year that left one...

Jan Lance

Jan Lance

Medicaid expansion is literally a matter of life and death for older low-income adults who suffer from treatable...

Alice Kinsey

Alice Kinsey

My name is Alice Kinsey and in 1990 I began working as an Eligibility Specialist for Dept of...

Flora Brewer

Flora Brewer

My name is Flora Brewer representing the Paulos Foundation and I have developed, studied, and managed supportive housing...

Ferhat’s Story

Ferhat’s Story

Ferhat & his family fled Turkey after facing political persecution due to an attempted coup and rising authoritarian...

Anthony’s Story

Anthony’s Story

I have terrible chronic pain that’s left me unable to work for the last few years. I can’t...

Denay Hooks

Denay Hooks

My daughter, Hannah, was born with Rett Syndrome. She requires a wheelchair and feeding tube. She also struggles...

Nicole’s Story

Nicole’s Story

I have Addison’s disease and had to have my thyroid removed because it grew to be golf ball-sized....

Julie Waller

Julie Waller

Parkland Hospital is our county hospital in Dallas and is where so many of the working poor, and...

Angelica Razo

Angelica Razo

The Latino community has the highest insured rates in Texas. My family has firsthand experienced the economic, social,...

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