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central scrutinizer

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3. I might be homeless if not for ACA
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:03 PM
Nov 18

I had recently retired and lost my family coverage through my job at a state university. My wife, an IBEW electrician, had recently been laid off and lost her union coverage, I was on Medicare so we went to the ACA to cover my wife until she went back to work and accrued enough hours to get back on the union plan. But she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a couple months later and our life was upended. She could no longer work. Without the ACA coverage for preexisting conditions none of her care would have covered. We still had to pay a lot out of pocket. But we didn’t have to go bankrupt.

I laid out this story to my MAGA sister whose only response was “I’m praying for you, it’s not too late for your wife to find Jesus.” Fuck your thoughts and prayers.

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