The Perkle’s story is one of hundreds of thousands every year: financial death by medial expense.

Leah and Steve boldly share the horror story of Steve’s $135,000 heart attack—even though they had insurance—and describe the fear, confusion, and anger because of something out of their control.

Scott became a lifelong healthcare “warrior” after the death of his son, Danny, who had died after being denied essential, life-saving care. Sharing Danny’s story has led Scott across the country, inspiring thousands.

The brilliant founder of Whole Washington, Georgia shares her motivation for healthcare reform with her own tragic healthcare story.

She and Laura Fielding of the Red Berets work closely together alongside other healthcare heroes (including Andre Stackhouse, Kathryn Lewendowsky, Jason Call among many) in Washington and Oregon states.

Tsukuru came to the United States because he believed in our country’s greatest ideals of freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

His perspective on healthcare both as a trans person and as a Japanese immigrant is a poignant and powerful—grounding us in the context of how healthcare applies to our everyday lives.

Known widely as @ProudSocialist on Twitter, Ryan has been a healthcare influencer/podcaster/truth speaker for years. He currently co-hosts the podcast Unruly podcast, where they interview all sorts of people (like Dr. Jill Stein) to keep the media stories straight.

Though he’s mostly known as a professional football player, Justin Jackson is also a fierce, online advocate of healthcare reform. In his adulthood, Justin realized his late mother refused cancer treatments because of concerns about cost—so he dove deep into research and became one of YouTube’s favorite healthcare armchair experts.