Having Epilepsy and No Health Insurance Can Exact a Heavy Toll. The Plight Is Likely More Common in Texas. - Public Health Watch

Having Epilepsy and No Health Insurance Can Exact a Heavy Toll. The Plight Is Likely More Common in Texas. - Public Health Watch

The first sign that Lynda Smith had epilepsy happened almost 20 years ago while she was driving down Interstate 30, near Hope, Arkansas, on her way to work at an HVAC installer. First her right leg started shaking uncontrollably. Then her right arm did the same. She used her left arm and leg to veer off the highway and push on the brakes. She arrived at work dazed, bawling and still seizing. Her co-workers called an ambulance. “That was the begi…