Names of the Dead

My 49 year old brother died of Esophogeal Cancer - which began as a very treatable condition called Barrett's Esophogus. Basically, too much acid in the stomache which washes into the Esophogus and over many, many years COULD turn to cancer. Jim was unaware of his condition and since he had no insurance - he never got any professional medical treatment for what for many years he just thought was acid indigestion. He made $100 dollars TOO MUCH a year to qualify for Government Medicaid, but did not make enough a year to be able to afford his own medical insurance - since he was raising his two daughters alone. By the time he finally went to the Emergency Room for his extreme pain, his cancer was stage 4, and untreatable. Early diagnosis of his condition would have saved him. He died four weeks after his diagnosis. He died because he had no medical insurance. This has been a heartbreak for his two daughters, my elderly parents, and the rest of our family. It should never, never, never happen - not in the USA. Please PASS health care reform so other families don't have to suffer like we have.