To the editor: As a longtime most cancers affected person recognized in 2006 earlier than the introduction of the Inexpensive Care Act, I knew a number of sufferers who died as a result of they have been self-employed and couldn’t purchase medical insurance (“The Republican assault on Obamacare has created a healthcare bloodbath, with worse yet to come,” Might 28). That they had a pre-existing sickness referred to as most cancers, and have been denied. These folks tried crowdfunding however couldn’t elevate sufficient cash, and couldn’t afford to pay out of pocket for his or her most cancers remedy.
When the ACA was enacted, many have been in a position to lastly get medical insurance. However the ACA was imagined to be solely the beginning of healthcare reform. Sadly, throughout President Trump’s first time period, junk insurance policy have been reintroduced, the person mandate was killed and the ACA largely failed. We’re again to the place we have been pre-ACA.
Throughout my 12-year most cancers battle, I used to be shocked when folks advised me there was no want for the ACA banning using pre-existing circumstances for insurance coverage denial, as most cancers sufferers’ buddies and communities would come collectively to assist these sufferers pay for his or her remedies. These folks had no concept what they have been speaking about. Because the saying goes, I suppose most cancers sufferers can simply eat cake.
Laurie S. Adami, Los Angeles
