OPINION: 'Not only are we overworked and stretched thin in the classroom, but we cannot afford health care for our own children and families. It is shameful and embarrassing,' write a group of teachers in Tucson.
These are our stories – the stories of three public school teachers in Tucson. They are the stories of how our love for our students crashes headlong into the painful realities of being overworked and underpaid. They are the stories of the dignity we are denied when we cannot afford health care for our families.
People are also reading… My name is Cindy Gambone. I teach physics at Sunnyside High School because teaching is my calling. My take-home pay is $2,600/month. My options for health insurance are $836 per month for a reasonable deductible or $302 per month for a $6,000 deductible. Despite taking on an additional part-time job in the evenings and weekends, health care remains unattainable.
My name is Natalie Mast. My wife and I both work at TUSD and both our kids got really sick this year. Our 3-year-old was diagnosed with sudden onset Type I diabetes and our 6-year-old is being treated for Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. We chose the mid-level deductible plan because we couldn’t afford the option that Lydia pays for. So, along with 278 other TUSD families , we pay a lot of money for a health care plan that we thought would protect our family.
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