#WellnessWeds: 5 million children have health care coverage now.
Posted July 4th, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg
No kid should know the word ‘pre-existing condition.’ As a result of the Affordable Care Act (aka “Health Reform” and “Obamacare”), five million children with pre-existing conditions will get–and keep–the health coverage they need.
Michelle from Texas shared her story:
My 8 year old son is a leukemia survivor. He was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 3 years old. He underwent 3 years of chemotherapy and has been off treatment since June, 2010. My husband was laid off from his job about 2 years ago, so we went on COBRA for medical insurance. My husband is now self-employed. Prior to the Affordable Care Act, no insurance company would sell us health insurance on the individual market for our son until he was off treatment for 5 years. He was ‘uninsurable’ due to his pre-existing condition. Now, because of the provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring insurance companies to cover children regardless of their pre-existing conditions, we were able to purchase health insurance for our son when our 18 months of COBRA ran out. I am so grateful for the Affordable Care Act because my son has health insurance today because of it. –Michelle
Click here to learn more about how children (and soon adults) with pre-existing conditions will get more secure health coverage.
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July 10, 2012 at 4:54 am by Mark LawsonTrue story Moms,
I was on a radio station last week and discussing that we needed to monitor fracking wells for raises in chemicals in the water table the wells have to go through to get to the fack zone below. I understand that many of these wells (one in particular in Lubbock) have done no monitoring of backround levels to establish norms to see problems early. In mentioning that we need to do this for the children as there good development depends clean chemical free water. The radio host said that when he hears “for the children” he knows he’s talking with a socialist. Well, if caring for the kids is wrong, I’ll be wrong forever! Our children are our future and without a safe enviornment, all the short term profit isn’t worth our childrens health.
Sincerly,
Mark Lawson
http://www.facebook.com/#!/MarkLawsonForCongress
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