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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders on Obamacare: Stop Being Defensive
Ted Cruz's Worst Nightmare Is Coming True: Obamacare is working.
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Bernie Sanders on Obamacare: Stop Being Defensive (Original Post)
ProSense
Apr 2014
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JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)1. K&R for Bernie Sanders and the ACA.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Kick! n/t
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Another. n/t
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)4. "Stop Being Defensive"
And fix it.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Steve Benen:
At first blush, Dean Angstadt sounds like the kind of guy the right loves to hear about. Hes a self-employed logger who lives in a small town north of Philadelphia and he knew with certainty he wanted nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act. When his friend Bob Leinhauser urged Angstadt, who had no insurance, to sign up for coverage, he replied, I dont read what the Democrats have to say about it because I think theyre full of it....that left him with a choice: Buy a health plan, through a law he despised, that would pay the lions share of the cost of the life-saving surgery or die.
Angstadt hoped to work long enough to save the money he needed for surgery, but because he needed surgery, he couldnt work. What he needed was affordable health insurance which wouldnt penalize him for a pre-existing condition but Angstadt was convinced he didnt trust this Obamacare.
Eventually, his buddy convinced him to do the smart thing. Angstadt filled out the application, signed up for the Highmark Blue Cross silver PPO plan, and paid his premium of $26.11...it may have very well saved his life.
He added, A lot of people I talk to are so misinformed about the ACA.
You dont say.
This is exactly the kind of success story that terrifies anti-healthcare activists. Angstadt had fallen for the con he viscerally opposed the reform law and wanted nothing to do with it. Conservatives had told him not to enroll, not to trust anything Democrats say, and to stay uninsured on purpose, and he stuck to the plan....facing a crisis, Angstadt grudgingly gave it a try. And now he knows the conservative pitch was wrong.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-aca-better-its-made-out
In 2011, Angstadt had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted to help his ailing heart pump more efficiently. Not long after, the almost 6-foot, 285-pound mans man was back in the woods, doing the Paul Bunyan thing.
But last summer, his health worsened again. It was taking him 10 minutes to catch his breath after felling a tree. By fall, he was winded after traveling the 50 feet between his house and truck.
I knew that I was really sick, said the Boyertown resident. I figured the doctors were going to have to operate, so I tried to work as long as I could to save money for the surgery. But it got to the point where I couldnt work.
Angstadt hoped to work long enough to save the money he needed for surgery, but because he needed surgery, he couldnt work. What he needed was affordable health insurance which wouldnt penalize him for a pre-existing condition but Angstadt was convinced he didnt trust this Obamacare.
Eventually, his buddy convinced him to do the smart thing. Angstadt filled out the application, signed up for the Highmark Blue Cross silver PPO plan, and paid his premium of $26.11...it may have very well saved his life.
Angstadts plan kicked in on March 1. It was just in time. Surgery couldnt be put off any longer. On March 31, Angstadt had life-saving valve-replacement surgery.
I probably would have ended up falling over dead without the surgery, Angstadt said. Not only did it save my life, its going to give me a better quality of life. < >
For me, this isnt about politics, he added. Im trying to help other people who are like me, stubborn and bullheaded, who refused to even look. From my own experience, the ACA is everything its supposed to be and, in fact, better than its made out to be.
He added, A lot of people I talk to are so misinformed about the ACA.
You dont say.
This is exactly the kind of success story that terrifies anti-healthcare activists. Angstadt had fallen for the con he viscerally opposed the reform law and wanted nothing to do with it. Conservatives had told him not to enroll, not to trust anything Democrats say, and to stay uninsured on purpose, and he stuck to the plan....facing a crisis, Angstadt grudgingly gave it a try. And now he knows the conservative pitch was wrong.
- more -
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-aca-better-its-made-out