We Are the 99 Percent

A new tumblog, We Are the 99 Percent, run by the Occupy Wall Street protest is giving a platform to ordinary Americans battling to make ends meet—many of them students crippled with debt from paying for college and owing huge amounts from health bills, while still unable to afford insurance to protect against worse future health debt.

Another reminder to make sure the 1,200 CUNY adjuncts facing the lost of their health coverage aren’t left without insurance.

My mother has been encouraging me not to see a doctor about a possible blood-clotting disorder as well as anxiety/depression because I will probably denied insurance in a few years if they diagnose me. Not like I’d be able to pay for treatment/meds anyway.

I am a junior in college and probably more than 20k in debt already. I haven’t declared a major because I’m afraid to. The main reason I don’t drop out is because I’m terrified of paying back my bank loans on my $7.25/hr job (even though my last job was $9/hr)…
(We Are the 99 Percent)