As a child, Richard was diagnosed with Poliomyelitis (Polio). Polio is a highly infectious disease that destroys nerves in the spinal cord.

Rose is 49 years old and lives in Monroe County Arkansas. 27% percent of people living in Monroe County are in poor or fair health.

Sabrena isn’t your typical, run-of-the-mill mother. She has a teen-aged son, Gabriel, who has been diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Sandra has QMB which pays her Medicare Premium. 

Sandra Jackson is a sixty-three-year-old former CNA. Due to budget cuts, her job as a CNA with the company ended shortly after the COVID-19 Pandemic started.

She was in her late teens (and had just started college) when it all started. Everybody told her oxycodone was fun and a safe way to get high. Pharmaceutical companies were saying it was non-addictive (which was an added bonus).

Shatonna receives SSI Medicaid, and only goes to the doctor as needed.

Once she’d qualified for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 5 years ago, Sherri was automatically enrolled in Medicaid.

Shirley’s out-of-pocket medical expenses typically range from $3.00 to $5.00, but one time she recalls having to pay $15.00, (almost three times her normal costs), for prescribed muscle relaxers.

Zig Ziegler once said, “You never know when a helping hand will change another person’s life.”