My husband, who has Crohn's, lost his insurance right after the ACA took effect. Thanks to Obama, my husband could get coverage despite having a pre-existing condition. That's real life. #politics
@Agatha I had a friend who could not leave our company regardless of how badly they might treat him or how much other companies offered. They essentially held his son hostage. If he left the company group plan his son was uninsurable and would die.
That's what convinced me we needed universal healthcare.
My husband was actively flaring when that insurance switch happened. He was so SO sick. But, he was still working every day. Horrendous pain. Bleeding. Vomiting. You name it. But he needed to work.
His only other option was to quit work and die while waiting for disability.
Instead, he got proper treatment, kept working, kept paying taxes, bought a home, & did all the things that make the economy happy.
We put WAY more into the system than we got back. GOP would have had him die.