For my storytelling as a resistance project, I knew that there was a story that I wanted to share that was very impactful to me. For this project, I decided to focus on something close and personal to me which was health care in the United States. As a current healthcare worker, this is something that affects me not only because it is the field that I want to be a part of, but also because there are many flaws in our current system that are oppressing countless people. This was a topic where I feel like I am comfortable speaking back against it because I have seen injustice from the inside.
For my project, I wanted to share a story that was very impactful to me in my time working in the emergency department. It is a story of a woman, who despite desperately needing one, refused a CT scan because she knew that she could not afford one. I want to use this story to help illustrate my point that regardless of what people say, healthcare is a basic right, and should be accessible to all citizens. I chose to do this story because when I thought about the most impactful things, we have read this semester, it was always the personal stories that seemed to be the most impactful. I had originally thought to write a sort of allegory on this same topic; however, with this project, I wanted to be able to tell my own story which is something that I don’t often get the chance to do.
I am choosing the medium of writing because I feel like it is the best way to convey my story in a meaningful way. Aside from a podcast interview (however I’ll spare myself from the dozen HIPAA violations), writing is the most powerful way that I know how to tell this story. What makes the story so powerful in my opinion is the visual details. The sounds, sights, and feelings are what made this case so different from others. I truly do not think the I would be able to do this story justice in any other way that to write it out plainly.
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Dan, my comment here is on your final #StorytellingAsResistance project, not on this post. Personally, I think the power of your narrative is that you put a face to a story. When I hear critiques of our medical care system, in particular against those who are underinsured, I often hear the critique framed as people “taking advantage of the system.” There is an idea among some who have coverage that those who don’t are still getting everything they need. Your story resists this baseless generalization and puts a human story to a real crisis. Thank you!
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