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[madamesilverspurs]

Not many of my friends are Republicans. But one of those just shared a Romney campaign bit on facebook, a graphic that promotes voting for Romney in order to get rid of "Obamacare". She knew me back when I could barely walk, so her stance is personally troubling for me. Anyway, here's the response I posted on facebook:


For over twenty years I struggled with increasingly debilitating physical difficulties, unable to get health insurance because of those pre-existing conditions. The bitter irony is the worsening of those temporary conditions into permanent disability simply because I COULD NOT access the doctors who had the ability to help. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, opens the doors to doctors offices for people like me, for people like my nephew with cerebral palsy, for people like my sister-in-law with multiple sclerosis, like my friends’ children with cystic fibrosis and asthma; it is no longer legal to charge women higher rates than men; seniors are no longer penalized with higher premiums for the crime of living longer.

So you’ll have to forgive me if I cannot support your vote for Romney on the basis of his promise to get rid of “Obamacare.” Going back to the way it was would be, to put it mildly, needlessly cruel to millions of Americans.


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