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Showing Original Post only (View all)My turn to get on my high horse about ACA [View all]
One group of people that have been ravaged before ACA went into effect were people living with HIV/AIDS.
fewer than one in five (17%) of people living with HIV has private insurance and nearly 30% do not have any coverage at all.
Many people in this category that are still able to work could not get health insurance because of a pre-existing condition, nor could they get medicaid because their income. So whats the big deal? they can get Ryan White right? Guess again! Before ACA went into effect in the State of Florida alone there were over 3,000 people waiting to get on the Ryan White program. Those are the cold hard facts & reality before ACA.
Myself, my meds for HIV/AIDS cost approximately $27,000.00 dollars a year, so unless you are making one hell of a good annual salary, these life saving meds are out of reach (I was one of the few lucky one's that had private insurance before I was diagnosed). But low & behold I had a lifetime cap on my insurance before ACA and I have been on these meds since 2005 thats not counting the times I spent in the hospital with them saving my life because of AIDS (you do the math). Yes I was getting close to reaching my cap within the next two years.
Yes ACA is not perfect, and yes there can be improvements to it. But the bottom line is this, it's helping a hell of a lot more people than it's hurting.
So in closing I would like to say this, THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA for taking a stand to give the American people what we so desperately needed. And to those that constantly rake Pesident Obama over the coals for doing the right & just thing, a big FUCK YOU!