(Interview 2/2019, oil on canvas 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2019) This portrait story looks at the US healthcare system before healthcare reform. It covers how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare changed our healthcare/health access system. We look at where our country is headed in light of calls to lawmakers to address ongoing problems by fixing Obamacare or replacing it with a new system altogether, a “Medicare for all” type system. To get this overview we will

(Interview 6/2017, oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins.) Artist Note (2018) This portrait story is my response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s February 21, 2017 tweet about healthcare freedom. “Freedom is the ability to buy what you want to fit what you need. Obamacare is Washington telling you what to buy regardless of your needs.” Paul Ryan is the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives in 2017. Speaker Ryan’s healthcare freedom policies are akin to a person cutting off he