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--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Working America <workingamerica@aflcio.org> wrote:
From: Working America <workingamerica@aflcio.org>
Subject: 30,000 Lives a Year
To: justcoolinout@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 1:44 PM
My brother suffered a head injury that has rendered him disabled. His care brought him very close to the cap on his insurance. The HCR bill allows him continued coverage because the caps have been lifted.
— Barbara, Working America member from Wisconsin
Dear Lorenzo,
Republicans now set the agenda in the U.S. House of Representatives. With so much that needs to be done to fix our economy, why of all things is their very first bill a repeal of health care reform?
According to Friday’s Washington Post, House Republicans are promising a “sober, issue-oriented debate” before voting on repeal this week. In that case, let’s get the facts straight: Repealing the Affordable Care Act would threaten the lives of 30,000 people who could die needlessly without it, and it would add $230 billion to the deficit, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
We have no illusions that the Affordable Care Act solves all the problems with health care. But like the original Social Security bill and virtually every other major legislative gain in our history, it’s a crucial first step to build upon—not something to pull back from.
Now is a time to be honest with the American people, not pursue repeal while parroting the tired talking points of the insurance industry and others that would benefit from going back to our old, broken health care system. It’s time for our new lawmakers to focus on real people—their constituents—and find ways to fix our economy and address our jobs crisis.
In solidarity,
Working America, AFL-CIO
As an emergency physician, I am face to face with the unspeakable suffering of the uninsured and underinsured every day. While the PPACA is not far-reaching enough, it will bring the security and safety of insurance to millions of working folks.
— Brad Cotton, MD, Working America member from Circleville, Ohio
I’m a 24-year-old college graduate. Unfortunately, I am also underemployed. However, because of the new law, I was able to get back on my parents’ insurance plan. I can stay on that plan until I am 26. Thank you, President Obama and the Democratic Party, for passing this legislation.
— Matt, Working America member from Moorhead, Minn.
...We lived with the fear that if [my cancer] came back, no [insurance company] would take me, or my husband would lose the house trying to save me. Thank God for the new law. I now have insurance that I can pay for—NO free handout. We are working-class people, [and] all we wanted was what our representatives in Congress have, for a fair price.
— Patricia, Working America member from Pennsylvania
...My father went to school and received a degree in architecture. He worked hard. I remember many nights when he stayed awake all night to finish a project. They saved money for retirement. They invested the money. They did not spend recklessly. Then the stock market crashed, and they lost a good percentage of the money they worked so hard for. My father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s approximately three years ago. The disease is slowly robbing him of his ability to perform tasks without medication. The medications he must take to function on a daily basis are so expensive, and he takes enough that he ends up in the donut hole. Thanks to the new health care bill, affording the medication will be easier and maybe they can enjoy their retirement a little more.
— Tauni, Working America member from Wichita, Kan.
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