Obamacare Archives - Living with Scleroderma

Introducing Trumpcare

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:01:59 +0000

Yesterday, House Republicans revealed their plans to replace Obamacare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with their own remedy, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), soon to be known as Trumpcare. The good news: the AHCA still mandates that people with pre-existing medical conditions cannot be denied insurance coverage, and that insurers cannot […]

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Existing Conditions

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:00:28 +0000

With the presidential inauguration only a few days away and the Republican-controlled Congress on a fast track to repeal the Affordable Care Act, it’s essential for all of us who live with chronic diseases to understand what’s happening to health insurance coverage. Much is still in flux. I have been staying up far too late […]

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Pre-exisiting Conditions

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:00:41 +0000

Be forewarned: This is a rant. Where are the grown-ups in Congress? Can we please go back to the days when people with strong opinions had the maturity to speak to one another and negotiate a compromise? I had a hard time concentrating on my work this past week, with all the school-yard bullying on […]

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