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'Obamacare' to the rescue
A woman who felt President Obama had let the middle class down has changed her mind.
Fortunately for me, I've been saved by the federal government's Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, something I had never heard of before needing it. It's part of President Obama's healthcare plan, one of the things that has already kicked in, and it guarantees access to insurance for U.S. citizens with preexisting conditions who have been uninsured for at least six months. The application was short, the premiums are affordable, and I have found the people who work in the administration office to be quite compassionate (nothing like the people I have dealt with over the years at other insurance companies.) It's not perfect, of course, and it still leaves many people in need out in the cold. But it's a start, and for me it's been a lifesaver perhaps literally.
Which brings me to my apology. I was pretty mad at Obama before I learned about this new insurance plan. I had changed my registration from Democrat to Independent, and I had blacked out the top of the "h" on my Obama bumper sticker, so that it read, "Got nope" instead of "got hope." I felt like he had let down the struggling middle class. My son and I had campaigned for him, but since he took office, we felt he had let us down.
So this is my public apology. I'm sorry I didn't do enough of my own research to find out what promises the president has made good on. I'm sorry I didn't realize that he really has stood up for me and my family, and for so many others like us. I'm getting a new bumper sticker to cover the one that says "Got nope." It will say "ObamaCares."
I work at one branch of a company that has 2.5 billion in revenues world wide. They recently brought us into the Town Hall and told us our insurance was going to change because of the New Health Care bill. One person asked by how much? HR said there is a $250,000.00 increase. Another said "This company has to pay $250,000.00 more. HR said , "Not just this company, but the entire world wide corporation". Spread over an organization this big, it's not much. Then they asked everyone who wants to keep their kid on their insurance up until 26, stay. About half did.
I wrote this before and right wingers screamed liar. See, they've been so brainwashed, they insist it must cost more. It just must. It has to be. Newt and Michelle told them it cost a lot more. In fact, all their leadership said it cost a lot more. They would never lie.