Paasing the health care reform legislation isn't just a victory for all American families but is especially important to me as a cancer survivor and to my spouse who is a stroke survivor. We can feel that we now have the security that we don't risk losing the American dream if we get sick or in an accident.

I am hopeful that all Americans will begin to see the value of this legislation and will see the perils of life we were facing every day until the passage of this reform. To those who want to repeal the bill, I wish they could have walked just one day in my life or in the life of someone else in similiar circumstances.

Earnestine Stewart, Columbia