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Public testimony, summarized and attributed. These are historical accounts, not interviews conducted by Cost to Be Human. Personal experience does not establish a national outcome.
01 · FOOD ASSISTANCE · PUBLIC TESTIMONY
In written Senate testimony on April 19, 2023, Hasty described missing work and losing wages while applying separately for SNAP and WIC in 2015. She said SNAP helped her family buy healthier food and that pandemic emergency benefits eased pressure on household bills.
At the time of her testimony, she worked with Hunger Free America and Foodlink in Rochester, helping families access WIC. She described earlier work with Foodlink’s Curbside Market and supported simpler applications. These roles and views are attributed to her 2023 account, not asserted as current employment.
Her account illustrates an application barrier and what support meant to one family. The food-assistance investigation separately examines program figures and dated evaluation evidence; it does not generalize her experience to all households.
02 · HEALTHCARE · PUBLIC TESTIMONY
In written House testimony on April 2, 2019, Denver patient advocate Gail deVore described how insulin costs strained her household despite insurance. She reported rationing a prescribed insulin that her plan did not cover. This is her account of a dangerous affordability problem, not medical guidance.
She identified advocacy roles with the Nightscout Foundation, JDRF and Colorado Consumer Health Initiative at that time. Her testimony brought a patient’s experience into congressional scrutiny of insulin prices.
The account predates the Medicare insulin cap. We have not established whether she later benefited from it. Healthcare evidence and the documented policy decision are separate from her personal experience.
Sources checked October 6, 2026. Accounts retain their original dates and attributed perspectives.