Paloma Munoz signed her family up for the Alliance for Share Health because traditional health insurances were unaffordable. Munoz said she looked for basic benefits, but the insurance isn't offering any benefits. “If I'm paying a little and I still have to pay 100% of the bill, what's the point?” Munoz said.
"If you're in business and we as consumers say something is wrong, explain why this keeps happening," said Cornell Lewis, of Bloomfield, who has been protesting at the Amazon construction site. "And you go silent. That's like an offense."
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Wesley Birbeck, of Suffield, postponed restoring and driving his 1954 Chevrolet truck for several years. Soon after his mom passed away, he had a heart attack. That was when Birbeck decided not to delay driving the truck anymore. "I wanted to drive it before something else happens," Birbeck said.
A woman, who couldn't disclose her real name because she is undocumented, looks outside in the ward. She hasn't been able to go outside for more than half a year. If she goes home, she won’t be able to receive treatment at another clinic because she is an undocumented immigrant. Without the dialysis treatment, her doctor gives her only a few days to live.
At her doctor’s suggestion, Nathalie Carpenter used an endometrial receptivity analysis ahead of two in vitro fertilization cycles: One worked, but the other failed. Now, she wonders if the test was effective.
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Alex Pickles waits for a health checkup at a hospital in Wales, UK. Her daughter, Lily, can't fall asleep without saying exactly three things to Pickles. "Every single night, I have to say good night, lots of love, see you tomorrow," Lily said. The thought of death scares her.
Jose Villegas sits with his wife, Cruz Villegas, and his daughters. “The little ones are the priority for me, because in reality, if I didn’t have the kids, my brain will be different,” Villegas said. “I see some stories from people who got separated. I don’t want to be in those shoes.”
Nicola Wood, Sohaila Ammar and Katie Robertson, left to right, used Instagram to tell students about protests at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After rumors about a sexual assault at the Theta Chi fraternity spread, they received over 1,000 messages within three days. "We couldn't ignore the issue that was happening in our very own campus," Ammar said.
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Colleen Lord watches the last flower go under water. "This shouldn't be all I have left of him," Lord said. Her son, Robby Talbot, who used to walk along the beach with her, died in New Haven Correctional Center on March 21, 2019 after being pepper-sprayed and placed in in-cell restraints.
Adam O'Connor stands in the lot where his new pallet home is hidden under a canopy of sprawling trees. He leaves his mobile home before sunrise and returns after sunset. He never brings his friend to his home. This is his way to reduce the chance for people to locate his home and eventually kick him out.
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On his way to meet the audience for the first time in 15 months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Actor Gabriel Brown paused and looked out into the empty seats. "I need to take a moment and just take in this space," Brown said. He took a deep breath and smelled the fresh carpet. Despite the new smells of the renovated building, Brown felt like he was returning home.
Her son Robby Talbot, who used to walk along the beach with her, died in New Haven Correctional Center on March 21, 2019 after being pepper-sprayed and placed in in-cell restraints. "The governor's executive order ignores the need for an ombuds or any accountability or transparency in the department of corrections," Lord said. "The fight is not over."
Claudia Mazzucco doesn't play golf and has no plan to learn. Instead, she spends a lot of time studying the aesthetic and creative sides of golf swings. She is even writing her second book about the topic. Internal rhythms in golf swings bring Mazzuco, who is autistic, comfort and release.
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