Advocates Are Back With Real Health Care Stories

CHICAGO – When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling 165,000. Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web sites on both sides of the health care debate. He said he was drawn into political advocacy after neighbors in Harpswell, Maine, raised 3,000 toward his hospital bills with a church dinner and collection c