February 2012
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How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped My Family
Originally posted at MomsRising.org:
Our family’s medical history includes our father’s death due to a heart attack and stroke in 1990. Alzheimer’s disease is present in both our mother’s side and father’s side — with three grandparents currently suffering from the disease. Also present in our medical records is arthritis in several aunts. Many private health insurance companies did not want to...
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"Tears of Relief"
Originally posted as part of “Light at the end of the tunnel,” at susiemadrak.com:
I just got off the phone with someone from the insurance company and they’re going to give me a January 1 effective date for the state pre-existing condition insurance pool created under Obamacare — which means I can have the gall bladder surgery once it kicks in. I don’t mind telling you: tears of...
January 2012
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"How Obamacare Helped Me"
Originally posted at Sparklight.
In April 2008, I stopped drinking alcohol. When Mimi left her job, and her group health insurance plan, in November 2009 I suddenly became one of the 50 million uninsured Americans. But thanks to the Affordable Care Act – or “Obamacare” if you’re of a particular political persuasion – I now have health insurance coverage.
I have a family history of alcoholism...
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"Why I Defend Obamacare and Plan to Fight For It...
Submitted by karoli. Originally posted at Crooks & Liars.
In the summer of 2009, our college-age son suddenly became ill. At first we thought it was just a case of the flu, but it went on for weeks, and came with rapid weight loss. He’s not really a towering giant to begin with and always had difficulty keeping weight on, but he lost nearly 40 pounds in six weeks. I had been laid off...
