We're All Uninsured Now wristbands

[XOKCowboy]

http://www.uninsuredwristband.com/

I saw this on Crooks&Liars.com. http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/show-your-solidarity-were-all-uninsur

This is a project started in 2007 by Daric Cheshire, 36, an artist/business owner in Portland, Oregon, as a response to the ongoing health care crisis.

If you'll remember, there were a lot of causes using wristbands (such as the yellow "live strong" bands, etc.) at the time, and he thought it was a perfect way to illustrate the problem of the uninsured.

At the time he started the project, his own family was uninsured. The original concept: if people who actually are uninsured were to wear these wristbands, the rest of us lucky enough to have insurance would be able to see in daily life what a real problem it is - that it affects normal, everyday people like your grocery checker or your next door neighbor and not just marginalized groups like the homeless, or undocumented immigrants.

The response was enthusiastic, and it's grown to where the bands have been embraced by people who just want to draw attention to the problem, whether they're insured or not. As he puts it, the message of the band is:

Go to the link to read more. I've ordered one. If you can't afford the $3.99 he'll send you one free.

[ColbertWatcher]

1. k+r, n/t

[Mike 03]

2. Kick and rec.

I actually am one of those who have tons of "LiveStrong" bracelets, shirts, etc...

It is a gread idea.

[XOKCowboy]

3. I think the color choice is perfect...

Flat black. It's not a hopeful type bracelet like Livestrong.

[Mike 03]

4. Yeah, LiveStrong means well, and it is great for the family and survivors, but

I sometimes worry it doesn't do much for the person dying of cancer.

But I try to give every spare cent I can to LiveStrong.

[Mike 03]

5. There's also the Pancreatic Cancer wristband, and to be frank

nobody cares what that is. Which is explainable.

[Ocracoker16]

6. That is a really good idea

I just bought one and paid for an additional 3 bracelets. I wanted to help him to continue to be able to give them away for free to people who can't afford them. It is only a very small gift, but I think the bracelets are really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[lisa85]

7. kick n/t