Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007)
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About: ulcerative colitis
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-02 | tell | Hank announces that he has been living with ulcerative colitis. | Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions 00:01:04 |
| 2008-01-08 | update | Hank says he cannot get health insurance despite money and will, and that the same colon disorder bars him from sesame seeds on doctor's orders. | Sledding and YouTube Tag 00:01:20 |
| 2009-04-01 | update | Hank says he currently can't eat wheat or seeds because of his colon. | A Few Of My Favorite Things 00:00:58 |
| 2009-05-21 | retell | Hank retells his ulcerative colitis diagnosis as a comic song: symptoms at 23, colonoscopy, diagnosis, no cure, costs. | Ulcerative Colitis: A Song 00:00:34 |
| 2009-09-21 | retell | John retells that Hank has ulcerative colitis and could not get health insurance for many years because of it. | Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor 00:01:06 |
| 2009-09-21 | update | John reports Hank now has insurance through Montana's state plan, still pays $20 a day for medicine without drug coverage, and invests more in EcoGeek. | Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor 00:02:04 |
| 2010-03-13 | update | Hank says he has been feeling much better and has a new prescription drug at about half the price of the old one, whose price had risen sharply. | Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires 00:00:58 |
| 2010-03-22 | update | Hank says he is self-employed with chronic pre-existing conditions, which the new health-care law will protect from insurer bias. | Top 10 Weirdest Diseases 00:00:02 |
| 2011-01-25 | retell | Hank reminds those who don't know that he has ulcerative colitis, a chronic illness with no known cure, and has taken Asacol for about five years. | The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs 00:00:11 |
| 2012-12-14 | update | Hank says he has just made a very personal video on Hank's channel about having ulcerative colitis, and confirms he has it. | I Got Nothin... 00:00:28 |
| 2013-09-03 | update | John says Hank, uninsurable because of ulcerative colitis, now has Montana catastrophic coverage capping out-of-pocket costs at $10,000 a year; before, he had no insurance. | Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform 00:02:26 |