Mason spent most of eighth grade in the hospital. In the six months
he was hospitalized, he spent 65 days in the pediatric intensive care
unit. He underwent four brain surgeries. Halfway through his
hospitalization, the Affordable Care Act was passed, alleviating
lifetime limits on coverage and saving us from the financial abyss.
Mason moved to a rehabilitation hospital where he was retaught the most
basic skills — sitting up, eating and standing. We faithfully paid the
premiums on the employer-sponsored plan through which our family is
covered, along with the rest of our bills, thanking God and whoever else
would listen for our good fortune to have coverage.
The biggest fear for families such as mine is that we will lose our
health insurance and be rendered uninsurable because one of us has been
sick. The Affordable Care Act does away with dreaded clauses barring
preexisting conditions. It also enables us to keep Mason on our
insurance until he is 26; then, he will be able to purchase his own
coverage on an insurance exchange. At least, that was the plan until
last Tuesday, when the government was shut down in protest of such
excesses.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2013/10/obamacare-saved-my-family-testimonial.html
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