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Frightened cancer patients become activists to secure coverage after ACA is destroyed. (Original Post) MoonRiver Nov 2016 OP
K & R SammyWinstonJack Nov 2016 #1
really sad that we are going to be living in a community that does not take care of sick and elderly MyNameIsKhan Nov 2016 #2
KnR Hekate Nov 2016 #3
I had the first panic attack of my life, the night after the election. Staph Nov 2016 #4
Staph, I'm so sorry you and all of us, are going through this. MoonRiver Nov 2016 #5
You're ok as long as he is employed there and they don't change/limit their coverage. SharonAnn Nov 2016 #6
Not dependent on ACA. MoonRiver Nov 2016 #7

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
2. really sad that we are going to be living in a community that does not take care of sick and elderly
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:17 PM
Nov 2016

BTW Trump will be counted as Elderly...

Staph

(6,251 posts)
4. I had the first panic attack of my life, the night after the election.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:38 PM
Nov 2016

In a televised press conference, Mitch McConnell said that his first legislative priority was the repeal of the ACA. Not the replacement, not the improvement . . . the repeal.

I went hysterical and frightened my mother. I'm an endometrial cancer survivor (three years so far) and I purchase my insurance from the exchange. Without the ACA, I will have some very hard choices to make when/if my stage III cancer comes back.

When you are told you have cancer, you can either fight or give up. We need to fight this administration and Congress as if they were a cancer on this nation.


MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
5. Staph, I'm so sorry you and all of us, are going through this.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 01:08 PM
Nov 2016

My husband reassures me that because we have group insurance through his employer, I don't need to worry about the preexisting condition clause being revoked. But how the hell do we know what these monsters will do??

SharonAnn

(13,775 posts)
6. You're ok as long as he is employed there and they don't change/limit their coverage.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:08 AM
Nov 2016

Outside of that? You're probably dependent on the Affordable Care Act.

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