To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Don't repeal the ACA without a replacement - no gaps!
You would never shut down a busy highway without a detour in place. That would strand all of the motorists on it, and leave countless others with no way to get from point A to point B.
Yet that's exactly what Congress is doing by trying to end the ACA without a replacement plan. Please don't let that happen.
Yet that's exactly what Congress is doing by trying to end the ACA without a replacement plan. Please don't let that happen.
Why is this important?
Life before the ACA was a mess. I personally saw all of the following:
1. An insurance company placed riders on a coworker's pregnant wife who had a history of cancer. They refused to cover either her pregnancy or any form of future cancer.
2. My small business's insurer denied coverage to a "high-risk" employee: a young man with hypertension.
3. Without a reliable way to vet insurance companies, an employer unknowingly selected a fraudulent one. Two of us were left with massive medical debt despite paying our premiums faithfully.
4. A young, healthy friend chose to forgo insurance. She's still paying off her emergency appendectomy.
5. My brother had a stroke in his thirties, and had to delay surgery until he could get better insurance.
I'm just one person, and I don't even work in the insurance industry, yet I saw all of that. Don't return us to those days. Don't repeal the ACA without a good replacement!
1. An insurance company placed riders on a coworker's pregnant wife who had a history of cancer. They refused to cover either her pregnancy or any form of future cancer.
2. My small business's insurer denied coverage to a "high-risk" employee: a young man with hypertension.
3. Without a reliable way to vet insurance companies, an employer unknowingly selected a fraudulent one. Two of us were left with massive medical debt despite paying our premiums faithfully.
4. A young, healthy friend chose to forgo insurance. She's still paying off her emergency appendectomy.
5. My brother had a stroke in his thirties, and had to delay surgery until he could get better insurance.
I'm just one person, and I don't even work in the insurance industry, yet I saw all of that. Don't return us to those days. Don't repeal the ACA without a good replacement!