Remember that as Stanley Dunham was dying of breast cancer

[rurallib]

She was also fighting with insurance companies to have her care paid for.
For someone who is stressed out by the illness itself, the stress of who will pay the bills has to be an extreme burden.
I hope and pray Republicans can never ruin the PPACA and Democrats can improve on it to the point where it can be the world model.

Thank you Mr. President.

[dkf]

1. Oh for goodness sakes that turned out to be untrue.

She was fighting with her insurance company for disability benefits or some such thing not Heath insurance.

I don't blame the Prez for not understanding the exact details.

Per Wikipedia: Dunham's employer-provided health insurance covered most of the costs of her medical treatment, leaving her to pay the deductible and uncovered expenses, which came to several hundred dollars per month.[54] Her employer-provided disability insurance denied her claims for uncovered expenses because the insurance company said her cancer was a preexisting condition.[54]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-mother-had-health-insurance-according-to-biography/2011/07/14/gIQAUFm7EI_story.html

[rurallib]

2. thank you for the correction

I will trust you on this.

[MgtPA]

3. FWIW, she had Ovarian Cancer.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I remember the president speaking about his mother's struggle with this.

It must hit awfully close to home, makes sense this would become one of his signature issues.