TV anchor thanks Obama for saving his life with ACA

Capping a weeklong defense of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama sat down with a cancer-surviving "Extra" anchor who thanked the president for saving his life.

“You pretty much saved my finances and my life,” Extra correspondent Jerry Penacoli, who suffered from stage 3 melanoma and early-stage thyroid cancer, told Obama in a rare Rose Garden interview.

The interview marks Obama’s third appearance discussing the healthcare law this week, at a time when the Supreme Court could decide any day on a case that could disrupt coverage for millions.

In the friendly exchange on Thursday, Obama described Penacoli as the “perfect example” of someone who has benefittted from the healthcare law. If not for the law, Penacoli would have hit the "lifetime limits" on his coverage and been forced to foot the bill for cancer treatments.


http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/244815-obama-sits-down-with-cancer-surviving-anchor-during-healthcare-push