Her willingness to fight taught Pullen "if you are being denied coverage by your insurance company and if your life is in danger, you need to fight. You need to stand up. You need to insist that you be covered.
"The major
obstacle to health care reform is that the insurance companies are standing in
the way. They're putting in lots of money to try and prevent health care
reform, said Pullen. "The insurance companies are clogging the heart of our
democracy with money to prevent a real health care system from taking place.
Pullen described the feeling he got from joining an action and sitting down and speaking up for health care reform and knowing it's going to make a difference for future generations as "one of the most liberating things a person can do.
He said, as police took him away, he looked up and saw employees cheering those who had participated in the sit-in. It was "the most amazing feeling.
Pullen told me that being in jail has deepened his commitment to directly challenging health insurance companies.
Pullen is uninsured. He explained that many of his fellow inmates are as well.
"I'm hanging out with all kinds of people who don't have access to insurance, Sam explained. "A lot of people have been affected by medical conditions that can't be covered.
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