Obamacare...

[one_voice]

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[Motown_Johnny]

1. How can you not K&R this?

These are they type of stories that are told in bars, bowling allies and church socials all across the country. The (R)s going all gung ho about stripping these benefits, along with the drug coverage for seniors and the ability to keep children on your policy until age 26, is going to be their undoing.

[gateley]

2. "Thank you President Obama for helping me live and heal when

others said No."

Wow.

[Neoma]

3. I gotta puke when reading most all of the comments under that.

In facebook I mean.

[Whisp]

4. I have a bucket by my chair

I don't do facebook

[joshcryer]

6. I wish I didn't click. Evil. It exists.

[GoneOffShore]

14. You can always post something positive on Facebook

Counter some of the evil.

[FarLeftFist]

5. K&R!

[Richard D]

7. Every other candidate

would institute measures that would insure her death and many more like her.

[The Doctor.]

8. Wow, what a bunch of asshole comments in that.

Lemme guess, the people that are disgusted with this woman's life being saved call themselves 'Christians'.

[loyalsister]

9. In a perfect world, these stories wouldn't exist

But, I have a sense of satisfaction in knowing that the republicans are going to have to explain favoring policies that would have had a tragic ending.

[still_one]

10. strange, because if you have a pre-existing condition you have to wait 6 months before coverage

unless they changed something I do not know about

"Immediate reform — effective June 21, 2010 (90 days after enactment)
National high-risk pool for individuals with a pre-existing condition who have been uninsured for the prior 6 months
Premium to be set at a standard rate for a standard population
Premium for older individuals allowed to be up to 3 times the premium for younger individuals
Premium for tobacco users allowed to be up to 1.5 times the premium for non-tobacco users
Immediate reform — effective September 23, 2010 (6 months after enactment)
Group health insurance plans and new (non-grandfathered) individual health insurance plans[10]
Pre-existing condition exclusions prohibited for children under age 19
Reform delayed for 4 years — effective January 1, 2014
Individual and group health insurance plans
Pre-existing condition exclusions prohibited in all health insurance plans
Prohibit treating acts of domestic violence as a pre-existing condition
Waiting period for enrollment in new health insurance plans limited to 90 days
Grandfathered existing health insurance plans must prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions by January 1, 2014
"

some people cannot wait 6 months

[barbtries]

16. you have to have been uninsured for 6 months.

this woman has no benefits with her job so she apparently qualified.

[still_one]

19. good point /nt

[bvar22]

11. Yes. Insurance Corporations can NOT discriminate against people with pre-Existing Conditions.

However, they CAN and DO discriminate against Americans who do NOT have a Bag Full of Money.
This particular reform HAS helped a few Americans in the Upper Middle/Wealthy Class who can afford the Buy In for these high premium policies.

So far, that is about 16% of the people who have been denied coverage due to Pre-Existing Conditions.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/16/few-sign-subsidized-pre-existing-conditions-insura/

LIFE is GOOD in America, if you got the money.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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[one_voice]

12. I guess my husband and I are lucky..

we're far from wealthy. We live paycheck to paycheck. My husband had a heart attack a little more than a year ago, he's on a bunch of meds. We have insurance through his job, and we're not paying out the wazoo cuz of a pre-x and we have pretty good coverage.

If a lot of money was needed we'd be screwed.

[bvar22]

17. "We have insurance through his job."

Yes.
You ARE lucky.
A JOB with benefits, AND Insurance!

[one_voice]

18. He was out of work for well over a year...

We pay a portion of our benefits.

He also works 70 plus hours a week.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. LIFE is GOOD in America, if you got the money.

My husband is on SSDI and has Medicare.

I have no health insurance and can't afford any. I don't think Obamacare will help me.

I am 58. I have a long time to wait for Medicare, if I am even eligible for it.

I don't think I am since I was sent something from SS saying that I wasn't.

[Enrique]

15. thank you Max Baucus

the author of the legislation doesn't get nearly enough credit.

[bluestate10]

20. Especially here on DU, where nothing but the perfect is adequate. nt