while deneen has made incredible progress, she has a long way to go. she qualified for medicaid benefits to cover her medical costs, but she wants to be independent. she wrote me a letter in which she says she wants to get off of disabilitiy very badly. i'm horribly ashamed that i collect a government check every month, as it stands i cannot afford private health insurance. she writes that she has heard of a public option insurance planner that would lower costs for people like me she said. please put everything you have into making sure it is part of the health care reform bill. she has overcome inkred challenges. she wants to purchase health insurance, but is denied that. a public health insurance option would help ensure that dennen is guaranteed affordable high-quality health care. too often americans are at the mercy of the insurance companies when it comes to paying peopleus and out-of-pocket costs and deduct ibles. while i commend the growing efforts to increase transparency, for the most part consumers have little idea how much procedures cost,