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

[@CatherineStanford]

What a wonderful story! Please share this story with your family and friends. We must be informed so everyone realizes that being required to have health insurance is a good part of this law. If each person takes responsibility for having health insurance--with assistance if premiums are not affordable--then, we will bring health care costs done for all of us. People will be able to go to the doctor early on to get care, so we save money wisely with healthy lives uppermost in our minds.

[@t4hawk]

thank you Spike for sharing your story.Thank you Mr. President for saving lives.

[@wileytheshycoyote79]

I had breast cancer. I am uninsurable if I lose my employment. Thank you to all those who worked to get this legislation passed. It gives me peace of mind and I know it will help many Americans going forward.

[@PeaceBrotherhood]

"I criticised the affordable Care Act, and the very thing I criticised is going to save my life" Thank you Mr. President!

[@LADudeCPP]

At first I was skeptical of Health Care Reform in 2009, but now I see some of the changes made as being really important. In fact, it didn't go far enough to make positive change in some areas!

[@littlefred811]

While I disagree with Spike on many things, having had the privilege of going to High School with her, I just want to say, Love you, baby!

[@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.

[@lemonlive]

I don't know if this helps frame the debate but I'm a Canadian who likely pays more in taxes than my neighbors to the south because some of our taxes subsidize our health care system. In fact, a lot of it does. I'm required by law to buy insurance and the premium varies by income. In my province, the highest monthly premium for an individual is ~$65. What's covered? All that is medically necessary. Specialist visits and hospital stays included.

[@Listeninghearts.online]

My insurance got some kind of exemption on the lifetime limits thing. I wish my insurance would get better. Thanks for requiring them to pay for preventive care. I like that. I just wish they'd cover prescriptions and get rid of the lifetime limit and maybe raise the yearly limits.

[@truthshallovercome]

I'm all for health care reform. I'm extremely happy for Spike that she is able to get care. But, I worry about a system where people can drop their health insurance and not pay any premiums, and then only come back when they get truly ill. This is for sure a road to bankruptcy. We need a funded health care system that everyone contributes to.

[@redmustang03]

My friend whose daughter was going to get her tonsils removed, his wife's insurance plan was going to deny them this routine procedure because they used unemployment before his wife got the job and it was hidden in the fine print. So I said to him that the new law says which now you can't deny child what so ever even those reasons. His wife's HR department fought for her because of this provision and his daughter's tonsil removal got covered. Thanks Affordable Care Act.

[@Xoletta]

Once it's all in place, and we've had the chance to experience the benefits, people will depend on it and appreciate it the same way they do social security and medicare. It's destined to be an absolute must have, can't live without. ObamaCare is like sending out a lifeboat to the American people - while the health care plans of the GOP is like putting everybody in the country on an Italian cruise ship.

[@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.

[@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.

[@KreekspeakBusinessSolutions]

Can Canadians have dinner with Barak? I would love to meet the man.

[@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.

[@Viracocha711]

President Obama saved my house by signing the ACA! I suffered a spinal cord injury in 2003 & it was a nightmare! Well, the nightmare got much much worse when my insurance dropped me! I was forced on Medicare & Medicare Part D...My drug cost were right at $500 a month once I hit the "Doughnut Hole" but due to the ACA my drug cost have been cut more than in half! Obama 2012!!!

[@jopaddy81]

I remember watching the people on the left complain telling the whole world that the healthcare law was weak. It could be better for sure but it was a good bill, no doubt. What we leftist should do is educate people and gather behind our people. If we had done that, we would have kept the house and wouldn't have had the problems that we have right now. OBAMA 2012....

[@Diversityandcompassion]

YES WE CAN!

[@NoodleCollie]

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.

[@LorrelleiValo]

Yay! Spike! Thank you and President Obama both. Best wishes for a long and bountiful life. :)

[@sinistar99]

"Because of something Obama did...I'm gonna live" How many Americans could say that about Bush? Or any Republican for that matter.

[@haroldmsimmons]

This is the very reason I'm a supporter and volunteer for Obama campaign. Obama is God sent.

[@TheTysonVideos]

When will America stop being so damn STUBBORN? Look at all of the other SUCCESSFUL countries in the world: Universal Healthcare, and THE METRIC SYSTEM = Canada, Almost ALL of Europe, Australia, Most Developed Countries... Ugh.

[@eylath]

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

[@MrEmpireBuilder0000]

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

[@aprileight66]

this is what this was made for. something for ALL people to afford health care. not a handout. but let the doctors determine how they can save you not by you not having health care insurance. OBAMA 2012

[@wash2006]

how can people vote against themselves

[@SugaPea5]

Thank you so very much...Obama!

[@KarolM1964]

Hmmmm....Is that a Toyota I see her driving!????? Go one step further than supporting Obama, and support American built cars please.

[@weezer543]

Beat the cancer of Conservatism! Obama 2012!

[@AstronomyGuru84]

OBAMA 2012.....Make it happen.

[@happykillzombiealex]

a little note to those that disapprove of this because of tax reason: if u belong to any standard religon (judism, islamic, or chritanity) doesn't your book of worship preach about helping others? supporting this is supporting your religion. im also a young vote and we do have opions and vioces.