Here's What Repealing Obamacare Means To Those Who Need It Most

Senate Republicans took the first big step toward repealing Obamacare on Thursday, and for many Americans, that could be a literal death sentence. At the suggestion of educator and activist Brittany Packnett, Americans who rely on Obamacare are taking to Twitter with heartbreaking testimonies of how the health care act kept them and their loved ones alive ― and how its repeal would strip them of their medications, treatments, money and even their homes.  I just found out I have a large fibroid in my uterus. I'm waiting to see a specialist. My coverage is through #ACA. I'm in tears over this. https://t.co/R7dbUaM87K— Mary Slosson (@maryslosson) January 12, 2017 @MsPackyetti ACA and @neeratanden who helped write it saved me from thyroid cancer. Surgery alone supposedly cost $50 thousand— T. Fisher King (@T_FisherKing) January 12, 2017 ”[T]his whole thing is terrifying,” Ekuwa Ansah of Atlanta, Georgia, told The Huffington Post. She responded to Packnett’s call for tweets with details about her 13-year-old daughter, who is fighting cancer and relies on the ACA for continued chemotherapy, physical therapy and doctor’s visits.  We need it because my 13 year old daughter has Stage III cancer & I can't afford the treatments out of pocket https://t.co/feILt9cR28— Escamdelo Jenkins (@ChoklitGemini) January 12, 2017 “[A]s a single mom, I already work a ton of hours to make ends ...
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