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Eight-year-old pleads for Universal Health Care

By: johari send a private message
Denver : CO : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Ashantay Lucero
    Ashantay Lucero
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    8-year-old Ashantay Lucero
Ashantay Lucero

Ashantay Lucero's nine-year-old brother died from a massive asthma attack on July 20, 2009, after being terminated from his health insurance plan. Eight-year-old Ashantay is speaking out about the loss of her brother and her hope that everyone receives the health care that they need. "I think that people should give the other people their medicine when they need it so that they won't die, like my brother Zumante died. And everybody should have healthcare," she said when asked what we should do. Ashantay recalled how her brother taught her Karate and how to ride a two-wheeler bike. The entire interview can be viewed on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCplUsNF8HI.,

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