Mississippi Health Advocacy Programs is compiling a database that documents hundreds of health care hardship stories. Stories about the experiences of people help make difficult and often complex policy issues understandable to a broader group. Reporters and policymakers find the stories useful to better illustrate the everyday struggles that Mississippians face concerning their health care. We obtain permission from each consumer before releasing his/her story.

We are currently collecting stories, in particular, about Uninsured Children, Racial/ethnic minorities, the new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs):

Uninsured Children

• If you have children or know of a family whose children have faced health and academic consequences because they are uninsured, or if the family cannot afford insurance coverage for their children, please click on the form link below.

Medicare Part D

• If you are having difficulty enrolling in Medicare Part D, are confused by the program, or have enrolled in a plan and that plan in not working for you, please click on the form link below.

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

• We would like to hear from you if you have a Health Savings Account and have experience problems or are not happy with it: if this is the case, please click on the form link below.

Disparities in Health Care

• If your are a member of a racial or ethnic minority group and have felt discriminated against in the health care system or have had difficulty accessing care due to economic, language, or cultural barriers, please share you story.

To learn more about our story bank, or if you would like to distribute hard copies of our Tell Us Your Personal Experience in Health Story form to local consumers, advocates, and health care professionals, please download this Personal Experience in Healthcare Story Bank Brochure(CLICK HERE). We appreciate your support in helping us collect these valuable personal health care stories.

If you would like to share your personal experience, please do so by click here to complete the form.

Your story can make a difference.