A Facebook friend of mine, Jane, posted something about the real "Norma Rae" last week, so she is getting today's pooper-scooper shout-out.
Sally Field won the Oscar for playing the lead in NORMA RAE. It was loosely based on the true life story of Crystal Lee Sutton. Crystal fought for the right to organize a union at the textile plant she worked for in North Carolina. She was eventually fired but her fellow workers did vote to become union. It makes for a great film, rent it.
Sutton continued to be an activist throughout her life, but was diagnosed with brain cancer in January of 2007. She had to battle her insurance company, which refused coverage for the medication that could have saved her life. The insurance company eventually reversed itself, however, but it was too late.
Crystal Lee Sutton died of cancer at the age of 68.
Nothing would make me happier then to know the name of the insurance company responsible. Unfortunately, I'm not able to find it anywhere, but when I do, I'll let you know.
At any rate, it's another example of why even having insurance is no guarantee that you will be taken care of (something that has happened to me many times as well).
We need a public health care option NOW!
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