My Friends last year I wrote a Blog Titled : A Mothers Fight To #ExpandMedicaidNow ! It was about my friend Amy Rodriguez ,and her quest to #ExpandMedicaidNow. To get her sick daughter Genesis Medicaid to save her life ! But there is more to this story as I will tell you !

Amy is a Tireless Activist in her Community ! She works with Catalyst Miami to improve the lives of those in Miami and Miami Dade County ! But her cause is like mine Medicaid Expansion. Here In Photo below she is pictured witn U,S. REP Frederika Wilson (D) Miami- Dade and Fl State Sen Dwight Bullard lobbying for the cause .

But besides her tireless Advocacy and Activism for others Amy too suffers ! She too is Uninsured like Daughter Genesis, and this author ! Amy suffers from FIBROMYALGIA – A debilitating Neurological disorder that can cause severe physical pain leaving you bedridden for days sometimes !

But On She Fights for others ! In spite of the physical pain she has ! She gets up goes to work in a part time job doing Social Work in Mental Health Thus putting her in the Medicaid Gap ! She works but not enough to qualify for A Plan with The ACA AFFORDABLE CARE ACT / OBAMACARE ! She is one of many like this ! Then she comes home to help a Sick Genesis or her mom who recently had a stroke ! That in itself is a full time job !

Recently Amy had a bout with severe Headaches ! I asked her about it ! She told me : ” The Stress from the headaches does not help her FIBROMYALGIA At All ! ”
She said :”The Stress is from being uninsured not being able to care for yourself, or Gen like we should ”

In short Stress from being Uninsured can takes years off your life ! Amy has to fight like crazy to keep Gen alive ! This is a stress NO ONE SHOULD HAVE ! She has to fight for herself and others like me too ! And it is just appaling and disgusting ! That in 2016 people are still without Healthcare ! It is sad that a 42 year old woman who raised 2 daughters on her own suffers like this ! She does what a great mom does protect her kids and sacrifice for them !

During the episode she had with Headaches Genesis had a little extra money and had to help her mom buy medicine ! The same Genesis who desperately needs Breathing Medicines costing over $10,000 A Month ! Did this for her mom. A Mom who loves her kids does her best and suffers !

She suffers because of a few selfish unfeeling politicians who Will Not #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Amy deserves better than this ! For all those she helps ! Yet people make foolish political decisions based on saving money, or hate of President Obama ! …And This Must Stop ! Genesis Amy , myself and WE THE UNINSURED DESERVE BETTER ! We must #ExpandMedicaidNow and #SaveGen !

We Deserve A life of going to a doctor not sitting working In pain ! But the hardhearted insist on this foolishness ! But we shall hopefully stop them by putting #ExpandMedicaidNow on The Ballot in Fl !

This move will save Amy, and Gen and 1 Million more ! I am going to close this post below with a few photos of Amy and one with Genesis and her ! And Our #ExpandMedicaidNow banner by Wallace Ingalls of Vote Blue Facebook and @VoteBlueCrew Twitter ! I want you to look at them and think about something . Should A Mom who works hard suffer like this ? Is it Right for A Family to suffer like this ? I do not want them to anymore ! That is why I fight to #ExpandMedicaidNow so they don’t have to ! What do you want Fl, and America A sick Amy or A healthy one who helps many ?

Thank You God Bless