Faces of Change: A Skeptic's Story on Health Care Reform

When the Affordable Care Act passed Spike criticized it. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she applied for PCIP and ten days later she had health insurance. As Spike says: "The very thing I criticized is going to save my life."

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[KuyaBillRomjue]

I lost my Mother in 1997 because she had no insurance and no access to healthcare. The Public Heathcare system failed, did nothing to help us. For that I will never forgive America. If we had Obama's plan in place back then, my Mother would be here today to vote for him. I am a Proud American, but I am Embarrassed to be an American because we can't take care of our own people.

[USATheFree]

OBAMA 2012!!!

[rexryanify]

YES WE CAN!

[eylath]

No Mandate, and the ACA cannot fund itself...

[Notecrusher]

PCIP is an awesome program. However, note that the woman in the video and her family had given up their insurance because they couldn't afford it. That's why they only had to wait 10 days to get on PCIP. The one thing that sucks about PCIP is you must be uninsured for 6 months before you can get it. So if you have a pre-existing condition and you're fired, when your COBRA runs out, you have to sit around for 6 months hoping you don't get cancer before you can sign up for PCIP.

[MrRobertGulabo]

I'm still waiting for your plan, Governor Romney... crickets.... crickets... crickets...

[truthzone333]

She could pay, she pays monthly premiums now, the insurance company didn't want her money because she had a pre-existing condition. Thank God for Obamacare.

[lowellriggsiam]

I'd like to see Mitt Romney and the republicans respond these inspiring stories about how the ACA has helped people that would have died, and then explain their opposition to it.

[shadeslayer28]

Can't pay for health insurance. Buys a Mac.

[Suga Pea]

Thank you so very much...Obama!

[X6herbius]

To someone who lives in a country with the NHS, and who has at least a basic knowledge of evidence-based medicine and ethics, the fact that companies deny people health insurance simply because they're already ill seems backwards and completely unethical. I'd go as far as to call it a broken system.

[MrSweetwisdom]

No country can be considered as civilized when its citizens have no access to health care which is a basic need and basic right. What is the point of having societal chains on? Unbelievable, is it 2012 or ancient ages?