The letter to Senator Casey! I took out a few things for privacy matters:

Attention Senator Casey,

                It was brought to my attention on your website that you had the honor to witness the signing of a historic legislation on March 23^rd 2011 to improve health care for millions of Pennsylvanians. The patient protection and affordable care act will provide more security for those who have insurance and expand coverage to more than 32 million people who do not have coverage. This new law will reduce costs for Americans and reduce the deficit by $143 billion over the next ten years.

                This would be the reason and concern I have for writing this letter to you. My mother who has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure & coronary artery disease has been battling a fight for the past 2 yrs now. Who personally does not have insurance and can’t get help through the government coverage.

I will take you back to 1996 when she first became disabled, she was a hard working woman who worked her whole life and in or around 96 had a heart attack, which lead to a triple bypass and being disabled. She loved to work and she never once asked to be put in the system, but without hesitation was grateful for being eligible for disability she had a family to take care of.  She never picked up the insurance that was offered through medicare because my father was still working and had great insurance. Which by the way saved the system at the time $45,000. She felt it was good enough that they helped her with the disability she didn’t want to take the insurance as well. Not knowing in the near future my father was going to lose his job after 30 years of employment which left her with no insurance and soon following my father having a stroke which now leaves them both disabled. Which means they live month to month on a fixed income. I know my family is not the only ones going through this there are millions. I am writing to you, because in the past two years I have almost lost my mother several times. She has been denied help so many times, so I thought it was time to go higher and see if you can help save my mom. She recently had angioplasty done in the summer of 2010 which was a stent put into her heart, well a few weeks ago, it ended up clogging up and they had to go in with a balloon and release the blockage. My mom’s whole body is covered in blockages the only good part of her body AT THE MOMENT is her brain.  She must undergo a stent surgery on both her legs because of severe blockages which makes it difficult to walk. With having said that, there is not a vascular specialist who will do the surgery because of having no insurance.  Since she is disabled she called Medicaid to see if she could pick up the insurance but since she didn’t do it from the start she will be penalized with a double payment they said for the rest of your life.

                Okay now you have two elderly people living on a fixed income of :

My father’s before taxes:  after all the deductions Like  and an additional  for plan b and a few other deductions is what is take home is.

My mother’s set income is. This is what they have to go on for a month. They have their every day bills, now tons of hospital bills and doctor bills not to mention medications.

I am writing to you to see if there is something you can do to help save my mom. It was said if her hands turn purple or her feet turn an odd white to go straight to the hospital, this means it is now going to your brain. Why and I ask why again would you not just help and fix someone right away before there is a chance it could be too late. All she wants is the opportunity to pay what everyone else pays for Medicaid. They can barely survive month to month now.

                I believe this country has things twisted and backwards. We can send troops over sea’s and destroy cities and use US dollars to rebuild and help with other countries to rebuild after natural disasters. Don’t get me wrong, my family who has nothing we always try and donate where it is needed and we have nothing. Now I am asking that you help the people of your country to live a longer life that they deserve.

                I am begging you to help me and my family get through this time of need! I am awaiting your response and truly hope there is something you can do to help the people of your state!

Thanks again,

Marcy Schulze (Daughter of Elizabeth Schulze “who the letter is about”