Bring Out Your Dead

"Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because they have no health insurance.

I have created this project in their memory. I hope that honoring them will help us end this senseless loss of American lives. If you have lost a loved one, please share the story of that loved one with us. Help us ensure that their legacy is a more just America, where every life that can be saved will be saved."

Rep. Alan Grayson (D) has created a web site for us to name our loved ones lost because they didn't have health insurance. Grayson has become a champion for those in need of health care insurance. But long before he gave the Republican health care plan, "Don't get sick, if you do get sick die quickly.", that launched him to center stage he was already a champion.

Grayson is an attorney that has spent the past few years fighting war profiteer and fraud from the Iraq War. Grayson has been described as "waging a one-man war against contractor fraud in Iraq" by a Wall Street Journal reporter.

He doesn't need to fight for health care, for those are in need. According to disclosure forms he has minimum net worth of $31.12 million. I think he does it because it is the right thing to do and he remembers when he didn't have a $31 million net worth.

Grayson grew up in the Bronx the son to teachers. As a child he was not in good health. He was taken to the hospital four times a week by his mother. He was lucky enough to have health care insurance, without it he would not be alive today. This is something Rep Gayson remembers.

Rep. Grayson was admitted to Harvard. But this was not an easy ride for him. Unlike others he not only earned his placement to Harvard but he also worked to help pay his tuition. He cleaned toliets, worked as night watchman, and still he earned his Bachelor's degree in only 3 years with honors.

Rep. Grayson is more than a member of Congress, he is our Champion.