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JustAnotherGen

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1. I think most people would agree
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:19 AM
Sep 2013

I'm a fervent supporter of the ACA because it is the FIRST step after how many decades of waiting - to getting the kind of access and affordability of health care that every American deserves.

My parents spent just under $500K in 1998 to help my dad recover from a stroke because of caps and limits. What if they were not high earners? Very few Americans have that kind of money to defy the insurance companies and not pull the plug. How many people died needlessly because they couldn't afford the machines?

It's a good start. It's not perfect. But we are going to have push and be vigilant in our efforts to make sure it gets better.

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