My Friends today I am going to write about a friend of mine who I talk alot about Genesis Rodriquez.  Genesis just turned 21 and should have her whole life ahead of her ! But she is a very sick young lady ! Genesis has struggled for years with Respiratory issues, and Asthma ! So bad in fact 4 years ago she had part of one of her lungs removed at age 17 !  This condition afeects her sometimes severly today ! The condition She suffers from is Middle Lobe Syndrome ! ** Seouces Miami Hearld article by Daniel Chang , and Washington Post article by Deanna Paquette

You look at The pictures above This is a Young Lady who should be enjoying life. Instead she suffers and is sick ! Why because She and her Family fall into The Medicaid Expansion Coverage Gap ! Gen and Mom Amy are too poor to qualify under The ACA…..But Medicaid Expansion was supposed to cover the poor of the poorest ! Yet FLORIDA REFUSED TO #ExpandMedicaidNow Leaving Genesis Her mom Amy and 1 Million in Florida Uninsured ! One of whom is this blog author too !  The Medicines to keep Gen Alive cost $10,000 PLUS A MONTH ! Not A Year A Month !  She has to use Cough Syrup to stay Well ! Not a good idea !

Genesis has a loving supportive Family and group of Friends !  I asked her about it who helps her :
” People at my job but mostly from my family , and my boyfriend . They’re always by my side when I am sick taking care of me ! ”

Genesis  has a loving supportive family and Loyal friends by her side. But it is very frustrating for her and I know them too ! Some examples from Genesis :

” I Hate going to the Hospital ! ” “Growing Up being in the Hospital so much was routine, and like my second home. I really don’t go unless I can’t handle the pain.
“Everyday I live in constant Fear, of not being able to have a future. Not being able to get married or start A Family !”
In Short according to Genesis  :”The Whole Thing is Frustrating ! ”

And As someone else who lives this nightmare I agree 100% with her !
Genesis Rodriguez and Her Mom Amy , and Their Friends  Needs Your Help Fl and America ! Her Family and Friends Can Not Afford to Pay For Her Medicines ! This will shorten the life of a 21 yr old young woman or kill her ! Who has $10,000 Per Month on Just Medicines not counting Doctot Visits and other expenses ! The Emergency Room only keeos Genesis alive for awhile ! Without acces to affordable medicines and Doctors its a moot point !
We need to give this 21 yr old A Future Filled With Hope Not Fear !  I remember being young like that ! It was all ahead of me ! Genesis deserves this too !

So in 2016 Please help us #ExpandMedicaidNow and #SaveGen !  Its not just Fl doing this 19 other states too ! How many Genesis Rodriguez’s are out there sick and suffering ! For No Reason At All ! Just over petty politics and hate of President Obama ! Gensis Life Matters to me ! …, And It Shoild to You… Florida …, and  America !  So lets give this sweet 21 year old A Chance to Live Life to The Fullest and Achieve her God Given Potential ! Gen may help many but First We have to help her ! Will you All Fight to #ExpandMedicaidNow and #SaveGen in 2016 ? For her and her Mom Amy America ?

Enough of This Inhumane Injustice ! We The Uninsured Deserve Better ! Like access to Doctors, Medicines, and A Full Healthy Life ! We can get it by #ExpandMedicaidNow and only #ExpandMedicaidNow ! For We must #SaveGen ! This 21 yr old deserves A Full life and her dreams to happen !

I am going to close this with a few pictures of Amy Gen and one of me America ! Please look at them and Think about this ! And Ask What Kind of America Do You Want A Sad Sick Deadly One in 2016 ? Or A Healthy Vibrant One in 2016 ? I want #ExpandMedicaidNow #SaveGen and The Healthy One Do You America.,,,…?

Thank You God Bless

Photos by Gen and Amy Rodriguez
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