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still_one

(92,204 posts)
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:53 AM Mar 2012

The Supreme Court, health care reform and one little girl

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/health/health-care-insurance-lifetime-caps/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

"Novato, California (CNN) -- When health care reform passed Congress more than two years ago, Julie Walters yelled for her husband to come into the living room where she was watching the vote live on television.
"I was so happy," Walters remembers. "I yelled for Matt. I said, 'Do you know what this means? Do you know what this means?'"
The historic vote meant their 18-month-old daughter, Violet McManus, would be able to keep her health insurance. Without health care reform, she would have gotten kicked off her parents' insurance, perhaps as early as her 5th birthday, because her care is so expensive.
"I was like, Violet's covered now!" Walters remembers. "We're okay. We can breathe."
But now Violet's parents are worried they won't be able to breathe easily again.
This week, the Supreme Court is hearing a debate on health care reform. The court could keep the reform intact, repeal parts of it, or get rid of the law altogether."
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