My brother lost his insurance when he had cancer. He couldn’t work.
Eventually, his wife got a job with insurance that covered him.
We had to buy insurance after my husband lost his job due to cancer.
I was denied coverage due to hypothyroidism and asthma. Of course, my husband was denied.
We got some insurance that would cover things except for the cancer, asthma, etc. It was also more expensive.
Our kids were protected because preexisting conditions were in place for them. They would have been denied too.
We have always had insurance, just like my brother. We didn’t wait to get insurance.
We used up our cobra and then had to buy it.
There are lots of things wrong with Obamacare, but dropping coverage and preventing people who have always had insurance from purchasing insurance when they have an illness like cancer was wrong too.
A Trumpcare would have to have some kind of transition provisions, some kind of limited grandfathering, to prevent the riots. Donald knows this and so do a gaggle of other politicians.
Half of the problem with an Obamacare is its inefficiency, the other half being its egregious moral hazard.
Which is why there should have been a High Risk Pool, not eviscerating the current System as was done.
I am a Cancer Survivor myself, but I have had continuous Healthcare Coverage since the age of 18. I hardly used my Insurance for twenty Years but I was taught you always plan for the worst.
20 Years of paying Healthcare Premiums before I ever even got a Antibiotic Drug Prescription from my Doctor.
So sorry to hear about all the health issues your family has been dealing with. Puts a lot of this stuff in perspective.