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I think that it’s very important that people know people’s
individual stories about how this law affects them.
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Childhood cancer is cruel. To have to worry about how your child will get treatment
and how you will maintain your family’s most basic financial security is also cruel.
I worried about continuity of care for Avie, and about affordability.
Would a year of Avie’s claim make health insurance cost prohibitive in the future?
Fortunately coverage of Avie’s pre-existing condition would be protected thanks to the
Affordable Care Act.
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Jax immediately went to the NICU and he spent three weeks there.
The problems with his heart were more severe than they thought.
The first day in the NICU was over $150,000. If he in five months used up the lifetime
limit for him, my family would be in really dire straits.
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As a family doctor you want to be in a position where your patients can come to you.
So, from my perspective I feel like the ACA is good because number one you put
the health care workers in place to be able to receive those patients
and also you allow community medicine to happen.
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