Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law

[pnwmom]

14. That's a great piece. Thank you.

I remember when a well-meaning nurse friend told me I shouldn't follow up on my son's asthma symptoms, because if he had that word on his record he'd have a preexisting condition.

So, asthma -- that's another one.

I couldn't imagine failing to get care for my wheezing son NOW because it might make him uninsurable in the future, but that's what the nurse would have done, if it were her kid.

Thank goodness for Obamacare. There's a floor under us now. Yeah, it would be nicer if there were a whole house called Medicare on top of it, but at least it's a floor. Better than the abyss we'd been staring into.