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Now a beautiful grown woman, but still my baby girl - with a pre-existing heart condition

March 15, 2012
I am the mother of two girls. My daughter Jennifer is 27 years old and a third year law school student. My daughter Julie is 25 years old. Julie's life has been filled with numerous road blocks. Julie had her first heart procedure at age 12 and the last 13 years have been filled with many ups and...
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The Affordable Care Act Allows My Children to Invest in Their Future

March 15, 2012
Para español, haga clic aquí . Despite the fact that my husband and I both had jobs and were covered by private health insurance, our family’s credit history was damaged after I was in a car accident in 1998 and needed hip replacement surgery. We had to take drastic financial measures in order to...
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We can't afford to drop COBRA. We can't afford COBRA.

March 15, 2012
My husband was laid off in December, and just got a new job that starts in March. The health insurance his new company offers is much less than we had with his previous job, and would cost us thousands of dollars. When we went to buy private health insurance from a small business pool, we...
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I want to stand up for the expansion of Medicaid

March 15, 2012
At a time when it is popular to lash out at "Obamacare", I want to stand up for the expansion of Medicaid that the Affordable Care Act will bring about in 2014. Medicaid not only offers outstanding healthcare coverage to people who need it most, but it saves families money and lives. My 30-year-old...
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Health reform has given our family hope

March 15, 2012
Health reform has given our family hope during this difficult economic downturn. My husband and I have two adult children (a son and a daughter) who were both out of work for several years. Both of them are single parents with two children each. On two pensions and a Social Security check, we had...
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Getting health coverage for my pregnancy

March 15, 2012
When I was 25 years old, I was getting ready to begin law school. My husband and I moved from Portland to Eugene and I quit my job in Portland, which had provided health insurance. When I moved to Eugene and before law school started, I worked full-time for a temporary agency doing administrative...
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The Affordable Care Act has helped me get necessary preventive care

March 15, 2012
The Affordable Care Act has helped me and millions of others, get the preventive care they need. I recently turned 50 and went for my annual physical. My doctor recommended that I make an appointment for a colonoscopy. I did that, and on the day of the appointment was shocked that I was going to...
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The Affordable Care Act has impacted me -- and my employer

March 15, 2012
Since the Affordable Care Act passed, I have had a mammogram which was paid in full by my insurance. The last mammogram I had, my insurance company paid just $12.00, and I had to pay the rest. I think it was around $200 – I saved the bill because I couldn’t believe they could get away with paying...
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Green Eggs and Pink Slime

March 15, 2012
Will you eat them here or there? We all love Sam-I-Am's rhythmic attempt to encourage others to eat strange green food. And when the green eggs are finally eaten, it's hilarious! But moms and dads aren’t laughing about feeling trapped in a storybook where it’s Uncle Sam who is endorsing a food that...
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A New Online Path to Children’s Health Care Coverage: the First Year of California’s HeA PA

March 15, 2012
Living in Silicon Valley, I am used to reading about new tech wonders every day. In fact, today, we use the internet to do many things we used to do in person, by snailmail or on the telephone. This trend is encouraged by new technology, but has gained popularity because it is often less expensive...
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