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smitty22 said:
A republican who shyt on Obamacare, then had it save his life writes letter to the president apologizing :wow:



‘Thank you for serving me when I didn’t vote for you’: A Republican writes the president after Obamacare saved his life
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You’re welcome. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)


The White House on Thursday published a letter that Brent Brown, a Republican from Wisconsin, wrote to president Barack Obama in June.

Brown, who has voted Republican his entire life, wrote that he had been “very vocal” in his opposition to Obama—especially on healthcare.

That was before he got treatment for a serious autoimmune disease through the Affordable Care Act.

“I am so very sorry,” Brown writes. “Put simply to not take up too much of your time if you are in fact taking the time to read this: I would not be alive without access to care I received due to your law.”

Brown’s letter was released ahead of Obama’s appearance in Milwaukee today to recognize the city for signing up 89,000 people for health coverage through the ACA. The White House also published a more recent message from Brown. “Before the Affordable Care Act, I was unable to pay for an incredibly expensive drug that helps to stabilize my condition,” Brown wrote. Afterward, “I was finally able to receive the quality of care that had eluded me for years.”

Read Brown’s full letter to the president below:

To My President,

I sincerely hope that this reaches you, as far too often praise is hard to come by. Apologies to people who deserve it perhaps even less so.

I did not vote for you. Either time. I have voted Republican for the entirety of my life.

I proudly wore pins and planted banners displaying my Republican loyalty. I was very vocal in my opposition to you–particularly the ACA.

Before I briefly explain my story allow me to first say this: I am so very sorry. I understand written content cannot convey emotions very well–but my level of conviction has me in tears as I write this. I was so very wrong. So very very wrong.

You saved my life. I want that to sink into your ears and mind. My President, you saved my life, and I am eternally grateful.

I have a ‘pre-existing condition’ and so could never purchase health insurance. Only after the ACA came into being could I be covered. Put simply to not take up too much of your time if you are in fact taking the time to read this: I would not be alive without access to care I received due to your law.

So thank you from a dumb young man who thought he knew it all and who said things about you that he now regrets. Thank you for serving me even when I didn’t vote for you.

Thank you for being my President.

Honored to have lived under your leadership and guidance,

Brent Nathan Brown
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smitty22 said:
A republican who shyt on Obamacare, then had it save his life writes letter to the president apologizing :wow:



‘Thank you for serving me when I didn’t vote for you’: A Republican writes the president after Obamacare saved his life
Alison Griswold
3 hours ago
obama-smile-e1457033498188.jpg

You’re welcome. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)


The White House on Thursday published a letter that Brent Brown, a Republican from Wisconsin, wrote to president Barack Obama in June.

Brown, who has voted Republican his entire life, wrote that he had been “very vocal” in his opposition to Obama—especially on healthcare.

That was before he got treatment for a serious autoimmune disease through the Affordable Care Act.

“I am so very sorry,” Brown writes. “Put simply to not take up too much of your time if you are in fact taking the time to read this: I would not be alive without access to care I received due to your law.”

Brown’s letter was released ahead of Obama’s appearance in Milwaukee today to recognize the city for signing up 89,000 people for health coverage through the ACA. The White House also published a more recent message from Brown. “Before the Affordable Care Act, I was unable to pay for an incredibly expensive drug that helps to stabilize my condition,” Brown wrote. Afterward, “I was finally able to receive the quality of care that had eluded me for years.”

Read Brown’s full letter to the president below:

To My President,

I sincerely hope that this reaches you, as far too often praise is hard to come by. Apologies to people who deserve it perhaps even less so.

I did not vote for you. Either time. I have voted Republican for the entirety of my life.

I proudly wore pins and planted banners displaying my Republican loyalty. I was very vocal in my opposition to you–particularly the ACA.

Before I briefly explain my story allow me to first say this: I am so very sorry. I understand written content cannot convey emotions very well–but my level of conviction has me in tears as I write this. I was so very wrong. So very very wrong.

You saved my life. I want that to sink into your ears and mind. My President, you saved my life, and I am eternally grateful.

I have a ‘pre-existing condition’ and so could never purchase health insurance. Only after the ACA came into being could I be covered. Put simply to not take up too much of your time if you are in fact taking the time to read this: I would not be alive without access to care I received due to your law.

So thank you from a dumb young man who thought he knew it all and who said things about you that he now regrets. Thank you for serving me even when I didn’t vote for you.

Thank you for being my President.

Honored to have lived under your leadership and guidance,

Brent Nathan Brown
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Trump health plan would increase deficit and leave millions uninsured, report says

Donald Trump's recently released plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would drive up the federal deficit by nearly $500 billion over the next decade and cause 21 million Americans to lose health coverage, according to a new independent analysis.

Trump’s “Healthcare Reform to Make America Great Again” plan, which the GOPpresidential front-runner outlined on his campaign website last month, does not include much detail.

But its major planks – including repealing Obamacare, deregulating health insurance and offering tax breaks to help Americans get coverage – would likely have a devastating effect, the new analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget concludes.

It earlier took to task Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.) for his campaign pledge to create a single government health plan for all Americans, finding Sanders’ numbers unrealistic.

Trump’s plans have been difficult to assess because until recently he made only broad promises to come up with a “terrific” replacement for the health law President Obama signed in 2010.

Beyond repeal, his current plan relies largely on bedrock conservative health proposals, including allowing insurers to sell their health plans anywhere in America, thereby avoiding state regulators.

He has also proposed to free states from much federal oversight of their Medicaid safety net health plans, a plan that Republicans have often tried to advance as a way to empower states while dramatically cutting federal spending.

The new report notes that without more detail about how Trump would structure so-called Medicaid block grants, it is difficult to assess what effect his plans would have.

But the overall effect of scrapping the 2010 health law is likely to be enormous, largely because that would eliminate new subsidized insurance marketplaces and federal aid that has allowed 30 states to expand eligibility for their Medicaid programs.

Thanks largely to these pillars of the health law, some 20 million previously uninsured Americans have gained coverage in recent years.

Nearly all of these people would lose their health care protections under Trump’s plan, according to the report.

Repealing the current law would also eliminate major funding sources, including new taxes and savings in Medicare achieved by curtailing payments to hospitals, doctors and other providers. That would drive up the deficit.

The report notes that the fiscal effect of Trump’s plan might be less if potential economic growth linked to repeal is included. But even then, the deficit would balloon by some $270 billion over the next decade, the report concludes.

The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Trump health plan would increase deficit and leave millions uninsured, report says
 
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