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Veronica De La Cruz Blogs On Her Battle For Health Care Reform

By Pandora Young on November 6, 2009 3:33 PM

170veron.jpgVeronica De La Cruz, a reporter and former television anchor for CNN news, has written a story for the Huffington Post on her fight for health care reform, and why it is such a personal battle:

On July 4, 2009, I lost my brother and my only sibling Eric Alexander De La Cruz. He passed away while awaiting a heart transplant. Five years ago, he was diagnosed with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, a weakening of the heart that prevents it from pumping normally. Since then, we had tried to get Eric insurance coverage that would allow him to get the treatment he needed, but no private insurer would offer him insurance because of this preexisting condition.

Read the full story here.

Photo via CNN

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