E-mail to Rep. Jamie Pedersen, 43rd District
Hi--I'm the woman who spoke to you in the hallway yesterday from WashingtonCAN, lobbying for better health insurance coverage for all.
As I told you, I have metastatic breast cancer (my cancer spread to my bones five years ago) and I have health insurance through WSHIP. Unfortunately, my treatment is very expensive and I will hit the $1 million lifetime max for coverage under WSHIP before the end of the year.
I apparently will be the first person to hit the cap, and then have no health insurance, but I am sure there will be many more. A $1 million cap for the high-risk pool is not reasonable given the cost of medical care today.
It seems like HB 1569 MAY provide a solution to my problem, if the cap on WSHIP is removed or raised. I'd appreciate hearing back from you or your office to learn if there is anything you can do to help me keep my health insurance coverage in the high-risk pool.
Jeanne Sather
Note: I sent similar e-mails to Rep. Chopp and Sen. Murray, also of the 43rd District.
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