habitat for humanity. it s today s impact your world. it took me 40 years to get where i was at and to see that it only took a matter of hours to lose it all. hurricane ida was our hurricane katrina. it completely devastated our community. a big portion became homeless overnight. the decision to build levers all around us. people don t have insurance. don t qualify for fema. they need funds. people to build their homes. we started distributing tarps to people to prevent further damage, but that s not where habitat really shines. it s long-term recovery and helping people figure out a path to rebuilding. the amount of work to be done it s just overwhelming. so the piece where volunteers fit in, those are the extra hands. the people who can come in, muck and gut. they don t have to be skilled carpenters in order to be helpful.
hurricane ida was our hurricane katrina. a big portion of lafitte became homeless overnight. the decisions to build l levees all around us, people don t have insurance, the price of the insurance, don t qualify for fema, they need funds, people to come help build the homes and put their roofs back together. we started distributing tarps to people to prevent further damage. but that s not where habitat really shines. it is long-term recovery and helping people figure out a path to rebuilding. the amount of work to be done is just overwhelming. so the piece where volunteers fit in is those are the extra hands, those are the people who can come in, they can muck and gut, they don t have to be skilled carpenters in order to be helpful. i ve been a volunteer since 1991. it is not just building houses, but ministry, teach people about volunteering and community involvement. this didn t just happen to
carry providers and speciality provider instead of saying the emergency room is your first entry way. my sister is a summrgeon. they are saying we will spend millions of dollars but we spend them anyway when people don t have insurance. as a taxpayer, i would rather our government spend million dollars for healthcare rather than something frivolous like a wall. martha: that s an interesting point. it will include mental healthcare. saying it will save taxpayer money down the road when they show up in the emergency room? that s what they said before they passed obamacare. the year after that, emergency room visits sky rocketed. people felt they could show up and didn t have to be
down than the one we re seeing the administration pursue. well, we believe that these subsidies, first of all, have been a life line to people who could never afford insurance. this deem as strong blow to those individuals, because we know what s going to happen is that some of the insurers will continue to leave the market. it may not be immediately in 2018, but it means down the road it s going to be a very serious concern. and nurses are on the front lines, and we see what happens when people don t have insurance. they forgo the preventive care that s covered. they don t seek diagnosis and treatment for serious conditions. they may not be able to get the help they need to manage their chronic conditions. all of these lead to several things. first of all, poor health. and also means a lot of times people exit the workforce. all of the effects of not being able to access preventive care and illness management care and any kind of emergency care are really detrimental overall to the
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