Each day this week, you’ve heard stories about what the new health care law means for every day people. Today, March 23, marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, and three remarkable women share their stories about how the new health care law is affecting their lives and the lives of their families. They are truly the faces of the Affordable Care Act, representing the millions of Americans already benefiting from health care reform and looking forward to full implementation of the consumer protections in the health care law in 2014.
Alycia Steinberg’s family was stunned when the pediatrician told them last fall that 2-year-old Avey had leukemia. Her first hospital stay at Johns Hopkins cost $100,000 and she has 2 ½ more years of chemotherapy ahead of her. “Being uninsured is not an option for my family,” Alycia says.
The Affordable Care Act protects Avey’s health insurance coverage because it bars insurance companies from denying coverage to children for pre-existing conditions.
“Childhood cancer is cruel. To have to worry about how your child will get treatment and how you will maintain your family’s most basic financial security is also cruel. …When discussing health reform, we often talk about our goal of protecting the most vulnerable among us. What we forget is that we are all vulnerable,” Alisha says.
Fonte: White House