{"id":1018,"date":"2022-03-29T14:56:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:56:48","slug":"jodi-lewis-hunter-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/jodi-lewis-hunter-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Jodi Lewis, Hunter College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-1536x1258.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-2048x1677.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Image-from-iOS-1568x1284.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Jodi Lewis and I am a junior at Hunter College student with a major in English Literature, minoring in Human Rights. After graduation I plan on attending graduate school in order to attain my dual degree Masters in Public Administration and Health Administration. There was never a time that I can remember that a family member was denied healthcare, however I am currently without health care because I am not a citizen of the United States nor am I a green card holder. As a result I am currently on Obama Care where I receive healthcare and medication at a reduced cost, which I have to renew each year because of my status. I am concerned that there may be a time that this benefit will no longer exist and I will have to pay for health care which is expensive. As a student who pays out of pocket and out of state tuition, which includes paying for my own books and transportation, I think it is important for healthcare to be easily accessible to those who experience financial hardship especially students like me. Health is a priority and a human right to everyone regardless of their status. The cost of living in New York is very high, and the last thing that I want to think about is not being able to see a doctor because I don\u2019t have insurance. Having to factor in paying for rent, food along with school expenses, sometimes I feel stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Jodi Lewis and I am a junior at Hunter College student with a major in English Literature, minoring in Human Rights. After graduation I plan on attending graduate school in order to attain my dual degree Masters in Public Administration and Health Administration. There was never a time that I can remember [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,154,54],"tags":[194,234,233,210],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-senate-district-30","category-assembly-district-70","category-hunter-college","tag-cuny","tag-immigration-status","tag-obamacare","tag-out-of-pocket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/health\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}