"I'll never forget at 14 years old, my mother telling me that my dad's company was no longer going to pay

[applegrove]

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"I'll never forget at 14 years old, my mother telling me that my dad's company was no longer going to pay his health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act is for families that know that feeling – the fear and uncertainty.

I'll always fight like hell to protect it."

[Jacson6]

1. I had a family member that had a medical emergency and couldn't afford his health insurance.

He owns his own company and bought health insurance through brokers. Well when he had a health emergency the health insurance company tripled his rates. He then went to the ACA market place to buy insurance at an affordable cost. Before this he had always derided the ACA health care market place.

We are all one health care or wage failure from being broke.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

19. Yes, all these haters deride the liberal ACA

until THEY need it.

I am thankful to have had a career that had a union and good health insurance. And I am thankful to have Medicare available when I turn 65. And I am thankful to have the ACA if I might need assistance getting a Medicare supplement.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. fight for medicare . get rid of medicare advantage and the stupid tax on it as well. have a nice day.

[Basic LA]

3. I retired early, with 32 yrs service

But Raytheon bought Hughes Aircraft and canceled retiree health insurance. Luckily I had the VA to rely on until Medicare kicked in.

[multigraincracker]

7. I retired from the AutoMaker after

30 years at age 52. Made it to MediCare. My new, younger wife is now on my insurance for the rest of her life.
Great union job with great benefits. They also paid for my college degree while I was still working. My only cost was for books.
74 years old and just came in from a 2 mile run that only took me 13 minutes.
I’m the luckiest man in the world. Half of it good luck and have of it Bad.
The Tao that is spoken of is not the Eternal Tao.

[Basic LA]

10. Similar situations.

Only I'm not running so good at 78. Glad you're doing well, my friend. Best wishes.

[multigraincracker]

15. Been doing more and more walking.

But still enjoy pushing it some days.
Got my pacemaker a couple of years ago and doc says keep moving. Got to follow his orders.
Thanks. I’m blessed with ADHD and I still can’t sit for long.

[Warpy]

4. After Nixon turned health care into a cash cow for his buddy Kaiser

a lot of companies dropped health care for their employees, it became unaffordable fast.

Medicaid, which was originally supposed to be a bare bones insurance plan for the working poor was tied to fixed dollar amounts which becaume impossibly low after the double digit inflation of the 70s. People were stuck, no way to afford insurance and knowing if they got sick or injured, the bills would be more catastrophic than the health problem and would keep them in debt for the rst of their lives.

So let's remember Nixon's role in all of this. And don't forget that sonofabitch Lieberman, either, he killed off the Medicare buy in that would have lowered ACA premiums for everybody.

[Emile]

5. We need National Healthcare

[multigraincracker]

8. We are the only civilized

country without it.

[twodogsbarking]

12. If we were "civilized" we would have it.

[Stargazer99]

6. it is way past time for universal health care-who

is holding the progress?

[IbogaProject]

9. Everyone with any cut of the current mess

Health providers, Drug makers, Medical device companies and the whole health insurance industry. The middle two oppose single payer as it would lead to a single source of all medical outcomes. Under that system if the information is open it would be harder to keep selling Vioxx as tens of thousands die before it get pulled off the market.

[mountain grammy]

11. Universal Health Care now!!!

The best answer to most of our problems.

[RicROC]

18. and not Medicare for all.

Even Medicare has out of pocket costs. Drugs cost. Universal Health Care like Sweden has is the way to go.

Even in France for ambulance calls, there's a driver, nurse and MD. Their job is to treat the patient to keep that patient out of the hospital. Ambulance calls in the US as a $2000 per trip business is scandalous in itself.

[Nululu]

13. People held hostage to their jobs.

Who knows how many entrepreneurs forced back into workplace because diabetes or other conditions used to stop them from getting insurance?

[markodochartaigh]

16. Also people who are unable to get a job

because of their health problems. Although an employer is not supposed to grill a prospective hire about their health history, in small and even moderate sized towns people know each other, and each other's health problems. I know of people who didn't get a job because they, or their family members, had cancer or diabetes.

[Nululu]

17. That also. Power skews to employers

Employees or family members could face death without a job.

[liberal N proud]

14. Worked for a company for 32 years and suddenly was out

No job, no health insurance and at the age of needing routine preventative care.

That was 8 years ago.

The republicans don’t care because it’s not them.

[durablend]

20. It's a start but still needs much improvement

There's too much of this "Well that's not on this list and you probably don't need it so we're not paying for it"