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Teresa H.
The Affordable Care Act saved my life and kept my family and myself from going broke.
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I was really sick, I was in critical condition for three days,
it was really tough on my family.
Albert H.
It was about the worst thing you could possibly imagine,
somebody I've been with for over 20 years
that badly sick.
Got two teenage boys at home,
it was really rough especially when you
had to tell ‘em you know their Mom might not make it.
Teresa was in danger of hitting the limit
'cause it was well over a million dollars right from the first month
and without the Affordable Care Act
we would have got kicked off the insurance.
Teresa:
Now I am considered a pre-existing condition.
Right now I’m very nervous if money’s tight
and I can’t make health care payments,
you know once I’m off my insurance what’s gonna happen?
I am so happy that in 2014
I will not be able to be denied by an insurance company
for my pre-existing condition.
Albert:
that’ll be a big weight off our shoulders.
Teresa:
I want people to know that it does help everyday people like myself.
Because of the Affordable Care Act
I don’t have to worry about my insurance putting caps on my care
and I don’t have to worry about a pre-existing condition come 2014.