What Is #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends a few people have recently asked me What is #ExpandMedicaidNow ? Well I am going to explain it to all today ? In 2013 I was and Still am Uninsured ! Currently now for over 30 years ! Yes in my entire adult lifetime I have never had healthcare ! And it absolutely sucks !  I wrote about it in : My Blog : *My Healthcare Journey Pre and Post Petition .
** The Blog is available on this site.

But there is more to this story than that. I was uninsured in 2013 Still even with the ACA passing. I had no income so normally you qualify for Medicaid. But Not In Florida. Our Brilliant Governor (R) Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature refused to take Federal Matching funds to Expand Medicaid. At that time 27 other States did also. Currently 18 still refuse to #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Leaving Millions sick, and desperate, and dying !  There is a sense of Desperation as many who are sick can not wait to get well.

I was elated when the ACA – Affordable Care Act passed – Aka ObamaCare ! But because of Politics and heartlessness I sit here today STILL UNINSURED ! So I decided to do something about this. I always was into Civil Rights. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my Heroes. During the 50th anniversary of the MLK -“I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH. ” MSNBC Asked : What Will You Do to Advance The Dream ? ” I answered by Tweeting and Posting : “BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS”  As I just started my activism on Social Media by tweeting and posting a few months earlier. Keep in mind the only form of Activism I ever did was 4 letters to The Editor of  The Ocala Star Banner prior. And yes those letters can be foumd here too. I was a skeptic on the power of Social Media. But God called me to start a petition to Expand Medicaid in Fl – which got few signers but opened many doors.

Soon I was getting tweets and Posts shown on @edshow – with Ed Schultz. I buried my Governor for not helping us. But I needed attention and a news anchor I knew on twitter used # hastags alot. So I figured try it . And #ExpandMedicaidNow was born.The Now portion was added to illustrate the desperation Of : We The Uninsured in America, who need help Right Now. We simply can not wait ! Many of Us desperately need access to Medicines and Doctors Right Now. As we face pain ,suffering ,and death. Then came The Facebook page and Group – Expand Medicaid Now .Later twitter  this blog, and YOUTUBE Videos  happened. But This movement I Founded is more than just posts and tweets. God Called me to be that : VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS ON HEALTHCARE. I am blessed to say I am,

Our Goal is to Speak Up and Speak Out on this injustice. We are the Voices and Faces on this. Our Silence isn’t happening ! As my pages say Our Goal :  ALL INSURED IN AMERICA. ! And We Shall not rest until it happens. To me its not about Democrats or Republicans …, but human dignity and respect.. I work with a great team two of whom Amy Rodriguez and Daughter Gen  desperately need healthcare. Yes you can read their stories here also.

So #ExpandMedicaidNow is about Justice Dignity and Fairness. The ability to see a Dr. To go to any Hospital,  and not fear debts you can not pay ! In short its about dignity. And being A GOOD SAMARITAN AS WE ARE CALLED TO BE. 

The following memes by Wallace Ingalls of Vote Bkue Facebook @VoteBlueNation Twitter and Theresa BrownGold Art As A Social Inquiry illustrate this well ! Plus a photo by Amy Rodriquez of Gen Rodriguez show : The Faces of The Uninsured and #ExpandMedicaidNow !

To me its simple America #ExpandMedicaidNow ….Its About Dignity For All. And Saving Human life. Our Goal : ALL  INSURED 

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! Please Help Us Make it happen. Like Our Page on Facebook share and Tweet your support with #ExpandMedicaidNow #SaveGen

Thank you
God Bless

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Pictured Fred Christian – Founder #ExpandMedicaidNow Amy and Gen Rodriquez

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The Good Samaritan 2016 Healthcare Poverty America #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends today I am going to share a bit of my Faith with you. I as some know am a Christian. I have been saved 23 yesrs. But I do not support Religious Hatred Bias and Ignorance.  I Am Not A Republican but a Democrat ! And Am A Liberal Christian.

God Called me to Speak Out Three years ago. I decided to be a Voice For The Voiceless. Meaning Speak For those who can not defend themselves ! Mainly the poor and oppressed ! My Ministry is on Social Media As A Social Media Activist !  I myself suffer currently for now 30 years without Healthcare. ****See My Blog on this SITE :  MY HEALTHCARE JOURNEY PRE AND POST PETITION -FOR THAT STORY. As a result I decided to fight the injustice of Gov Rick Scott and others who refused to #ExpandMedicaidNow  !  I became an Activist on this cause ! I. Started Several Facebook pages, Groups , tweet and blog. It is a Blessing. I founded Expand Medicaid Now to be the Voice For The Voiceless ! But I sense something very bad APATHY ! Yes Apathy  The Spirit that kills. !  So today I am going to summarize A Story in the Bible in LUKE 10 : 33-39 THE GOOD SAMARITAN – A Teaching of Jesus

  THE GOOD SAMARITAN ***NIV BIBLE
A Man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.  A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the.man, he passed to the other side. So too a Levite when he came to the place and saw him passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan as he traveled , came where the man was : and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him bandaging his wounds pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him . The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innnkeeper . Look after him, he said, and I when I return I will reimburse you for any expense you may have .
Which. Of these three men was a neighbor to. The man who fell into the hands of. Robbers.?

This teaching is so relevant to us today. ! We ignore the needs of the most vulnerable in Society ! We ignore the poor. Walk by the homeless and leave the sick to die. That is where I come in. As a Man of Faith and Good Conscience ! I simply can not let people suffer ! Too many do this ! Its not about POLITICS – HEATHCARE IS ABOUT HUMANITY ! The. Sad fact is We The Uninsured suffer in silence, ignored by many, helped. By few ! The meme above by Wallace Ingalls of Vote Blue – The American Samaritan says it All !! We leave too many sick and dying . As a person with a conscience I can not do this. Too many are ,my friends your inaction, by walking by the sick, or sitting on your hands is killing people ! Saying : “I Feel Bad or What A Shame ” does nothing !
I am trying to help a 21 yr old lady Gen Rodriquez have a full life ! She needs Medicine to Live and Breathe ! It costs $10,000 per month to do this ! Yes We must #ExpandMedicaidNow ! If we did done deal ! But those who refuse to act are like the priest and Levite  ! Just walking by not wanting involvement ! Leaving Gen’s Mom Amy Very Frustrated along with many of Us who don’t deserve to suffer like this !

That is just disgusting ! The parable meant :  Hey There are alot of poor and suffering do not ignore them ! Yet that is what happens ! This must change 1 Milliion Uninsured in Fl and Texas ! Many sick and dying too sooon ! Many working hard getting paid litle and being sick too !
We need more Good Samaritans out there ! The choice is yours Do nothing and walk by WE THE UNINSURED or be like The Good Samaritan Pick Us Up and Heal Us !
I am A person of conscience ! I can not walk by or sit on my hands ! We must #ExpandMedicaidNow For Amy Gen myself – WE THE UNINSURED !
So If you have a conscience please follow the example of the GOOD SAMARITAN and Heal Us ! By #ExpandMedicaidNow !
I am leaving you with a few memes by Wallace Ingalls of VoteBlue Facebook @VoteBlueNation Twitter and Theresa BrownGold Art as a Social Inquiry to see and Think about Amy, Gen and I are on one ! Plus one w me and The American Samaritan !

Thank you God Bless

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For The Victims #FlintWaterCrisis Fl – #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends I am Outraged by what happened in Flint Michigan. Concerning the #FlintWaterCrisis ! Governor Snyder you should not just be ashamed but RESIGN and FACE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CHARGES. You Sir are a Leader and A Horrible One ! The likes of which America has not seen since Mike Brown of FEMA ! – (Federal Emergency Management Agency ) ! and his leaving people on Rooftops to Die !  You said Governor “This Is My Katrina ! ” Yes Governor it is Your Katrina meets LOVE CANAL !  – The Upstate New York Community so Polluted that is was Unlivable due to toxic wastes being dumped tbere !

There will be so many people especially children who face needless suffering due to this ! It is a PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS DISASTER  !  Lead Poisioning causes multitudes of Health problems !  Especially Birth Defects and Cancer ! Plus mental Health problems ! 

I agree with the above meme by Wallace Ingalls of Vote Blue Facebook and @VoteBlueNation  ! Gov Snyder your putting pennies before lives will cost millions ! Was it really worth it ? To maim and kill ? – You must Resign and Face the consequences of your decisions be they both Civil and Criminal ! You Should Go to Jail for this ! 

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However in the meme above Gov Snyder you have company for the WORST GOVERNOR EVER !  Pictured Above My Governor Fl Governor Rick Scott ! 

There is an ongoing Public Health Crisis in Fl . The Failure to #ExpandMedicaidNow in Fl. Leaving 1 Million Uninsured ! Including myself Amy and Gen Rodriguez.   The Pattern of Both Governor Snyder and Governor Scott is the same ! Both being former CEO’S have an obseesive save money at cost mentality !

Is the saving of money worth killing and making your constituents sick  ?  Is it worth having them suffer sick and in pain like Amy and Gen Rodriguez do daily ! Gen needs $10,000 worth of Medicines to stay alive each month ! Now 21 and Uninsured she can’t get it !  Leaving her in peril !

But our State of Fl had 3 Unlucky Victinms who died Charlene Dill 32,  Barbara Dawson 57, and Maria Human 38. All died Poor and Uninsured in Florida.

The save money at All Costs must stop ! Florida and 18 other states refused to #ExpandMedicaidNow because of this !  Is human Life Worth more than money ? I hope so ! The decisions by both Governors Snyder in Michigan, and Scott in Fl. Show a Cold Callous disregard for human life.

Governors Scott and Snyder Your Constituents Are Your Responsibility ! We are Not A Product on a Shelf ! Your willfull ignorace is Actually Killing Us ! In Governor Snyders case :  Even Genrral Motors refused to use the Flint Water Supply ! Why it corroded auto parts  imagine that in a human body ? A case of Lack of Regard for Public Health ! A BIG TIME BREACH OF PUBLIC TRUST ! Which are Criminal Charges for An Elected Official ! Yes Michigan did #ExpandMedicaidNow – And They will need it ! As many will be sick and suffer and die !

What about Us in Fl ? We would die too soon like those I mentoned above !  We simply CAN NOT AFFORD PEOPLE LIJE THIS IN POWER ! The ZEAL TO SAVE MONEY COSTS MORE MONEY AND LIVES THAN ITS WORTH.

The Lesson in this Putting money before human life is not worth it ! The Risk too high with NO REWARD !  We are supposed to trust that Elected Officials have our best interests ! Not protect their wallets ! Both Gov Snyder and Gov Scott its Wallets First people last ! A danger to all who they fail to Protect and Serve !

Its 2016 My friends We face a choice Save money or Lives ? The Snyder Scott way of Corporate Slash and Burn ! Or To Be Loving and Humane ! I choose the Second one  I hope you will too !

Thank you God Bless

Memes by Wallace Ingalls Vote Blue Facebook @VoteBlueNation Twitter / Theresa BrownGold Art As A Social Inquiry

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Sick and waiting for help in Miami, the longest line for disability in the country

Sherice Bennett, ill but denied disability benefits, has been waiting a long time to argue her case before a judge She joined a suit against Social Security Administration Miami Office of Disability Adjudication and Review has longest average wait times in the U.S. — over 20 months

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article55113770.html

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Sick and waiting for help in Miami, the longest line for disability in the country

Sherice Bennett, ill but denied disability benefits, has been waiting a long time to argue her case before a judge She joined a suit against Social Security Administration Miami Office of Disability Adjudication and Review has longest average wait times in the U.S. — over 20 months

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article55113770.html

My Friends This is Just Ridiculous i am Personally Affected by This. I have been patiently waiting over 3 years for an SSI hearing  !!
The System needs alot of Love Not Haters looking to End it ! Many Disabled have no choice and as you see here are like me Stick ! All the more reason to #ExpandMedicaidNow
As my 2 memes by Wallace Ingalls Vote Blue Facebook and @VoteBlueNation / Theresa BrownGold Art as A Social Inquiry show
Miami Hearld article Sun Jan 17, 2016 by Wilson Sayre / WLRN

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Patient needing lung transplant dies after Jackson Memorial declines transfer

Family says woman denied for being uninsured, undocumented immigrant Woman was legal permanent resident of Miami-Dade, eligible for charity care Jackson Memorial demanded $350,000 deposit to admit her, family says

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article54985205.html

My Friends This is Just disgusting Another Death in Fl  ! First Charlene Dill now this poor woman ! Jenny Steinke in Idaho !
When is Enough Enough ? How many of Us are going to sit sick suffering and Waiting to Die ?
We The Uninsured in Fl and America deserve Better !!
Gen Rodriguez Amy Rodriguez and Myself and The 1 Million Uninsured in Fl Deserve Better !
We must #ExpandMedicaidNow
Memes by Wallace Ingalls Vote Blue Facebook and @VoteBlueNation Twitter and Theresa BrownGold Art as A Social Inquiry Article on This by Daniel Chang Miami Hearld Saturday Jan 16,2016

Thank you God BLESS

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Patient needing lung transplant dies after Jackson Memorial declines transfer

Family says woman denied for being uninsured, undocumented immigrant Woman was legal permanent resident of Miami-Dade, eligible for charity care Jackson Memorial demanded $350,000 deposit to admit her, family says

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article54985205.html

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Patient needing lung transplant dies after Jackson Memorial declines transfer

Family says woman denied for being uninsured, undocumented immigrant Woman was legal permanent resident of Miami-Dade, eligible for charity care Jackson Memorial demanded $350,000 deposit to admit her, family says

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article54985205.html

My Friends bad enough with Chalene Dill here in Fl and Jenny Steinke in Idaho ! But Fl You did it again !! WE THE UNINSURED IN FL AND AMERICA DESERVE BETTER Than to SUFFER and DIE !!
We must #ExpandMedicaidNow For Myself Amy Rodriguez Gen Rodriguez and 1 Million Uninsured in Fl  !!

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Article By Daniel Chang Miami Hearld Saturday Jan 16,2016.
Memes by Wallace Ingalls Vote Blue Facebook and @VoteBlueNation Twittter Theresa BrownGold Art As A Social Inquiry
Thank you God BLESS

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#ImWithHer I Officially Endorse Hillary Clinton She Will#SaveGen and #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends Today I have An Announcement to Make :

I Fred Christian @FredChristian10 @fredchristian13 of #ExpandMedicaidNow Expand Medicaid Now Issues We Face, Team CODE BLUE Stopping The War on The Sick and Poor, Please Sign My Petition to Expand Medicaid in Fl : Facebook and Twitter ! 

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Plus member of VoteBlue Facebook and @VoteBkueNation Teitter plus #edshow #Teamedshow OFFICIALLY ENDORSE : Hillary Clinton For President !

As meme above says by Wallace Ingalls of VoteBlue Facebook  @VoteBlueNation Twitter and Artist Theresa BrownGold of Art As A Social Inqury am an Activist for the Disabled and Uninsured on Social Media !

I take my activism seriously and this election is Very Serious !  My reasons For Selecting Hillary Clinton over Sen Bernie Sanders or Any Republican As Follows :

1.  Gun Control :  Sen Sanders  and the GOP are Not Commited to Keeping Us Safe ! Sen Sanfers refuses to change his stance on Not Supporting The Brady Bill ! Plus he seems to lack a serious committment to this issue !
The GOP well they simply do not care. The NRA Has them bought and Paid For !

2. Health Care  : Sen Sanders means well with his Universal Healthcare plan .But its just not going to work ! You can not undo The ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, and The VA . This plan of his BLINDLY TRUSTS GOP GOVERNORS and STATES With Our Healthcare ! He will give BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES !  Bad idea Sen Sanders toTrust The likes of GOP GOVERNORS LIKE Rick SCOTT, NATHAN DEAL, PAT McCrory, Nikki Haley, and Gregg Abbbot with Our Healthcare ! As these individuals have shown a Refusal to #ExpandMedicaidNow in Fl and 18 other states ! Leaving people like myself Amy and Gen Rodriquez to suffer sick and Uninsured !

Sen Sanders Your plan for Healthcare  will kill us !  Not save us ! That is why I support Hillary Clinton she will #ExpandMedicaidNow, #SaveGen ,and #SaveLives ! Plus keep Us Safe ! 

Thank you my friends God Bless

Memes by Wallace Ingalls Vote Blue Facebook @VoteBlueNation and Andres Carrero of iKandi Design

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#ImWithHer I Officially Endorse Hillary Clinton She Will#SaveGen and #ExpandMedicaidNow

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My Friends Today I have An Announcement to Make :

I Fred Christian @FredChristian10 @fredchristian13 of #ExpandMedicaidNow Expand Medicaid Now Issues We Face, Team CODE BLUE Stopping The War on The Sick and Poor, Please Sign My Petition to Expand Medicaid in Fl : Facebook and Twitter !  Fac

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Twitter and member of VoteBlue Facebook and @VoteBkueNation Teitter plus #edshow #Teamedshow OFFICIALLY ENDORSE : Hillary Clinton For President !

As meme above says by Wallace Ingalls of VoteBlue Facebook  @VoteBlueNation Twitter and Artist Theresa BrownGold I am an Activist for the Disabled and Uninsured on Social Media !

I take my activism seriously and this election is Very Serious !  My reasons For Selecting Hillary Clinton over Sen Bernie Sanders or Any Republican As Follows :

1.  Gun Control :  Sen Sanders  and the GOP are Not Commited to Keeping Us Safe ! Sen Sanfers refuses to change his stance on Not Supporting The Brady Bill ! Plus he seems to lack a serious committment to this issue !
The GOP well they simoly do not care. The NRA Has them bought and Paid For !

2. Health Care  : Sen Sanders means well with his Universal Healthcare plan .But its just not going to work ! You can not undo The ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, and The VA . This plan of his BLINDLY YRUSTS GOP GOVERNORS and STATES With Our Healthcare ! He will give BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES !  Bad idea Sen Sanders toTrust The likes of GOP HOVERNORS LIKE Rick SCOTT, NATHAN DEAL, PAT McCrory, Nikki Haley, and Gregg Abbbot with Our Healthcare ! As these individuals have shown a Refusal to #ExpandMedicaidNow in Fl and 18 other states ! Leaving people like myself Amy and Gen Rodriquez to suffer sick and Uninsured !

Sen Sanders Your plan for Healthcare  will kill us !  Not save us ! That is why I support Hillary Clinton she will #ExpandMedicaidNow, #SaveGen ,and #SaveLives ! Plus keep Us Safe ! 

Thank you my friends God Bless

Memes by Wallace Ingalls Vote Blue Facebook @VoteBlueNation

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