Writing in the Washington Times, Pattie Curran of North Carolina explains the devastation of Obamacare. Patti is a mother of two kids afflicted with a rare bone-marrow dysfunction. She is also the founder of a nonprofit research and education organization.
As the mother of two chronically ill children, I have long faced high health care costs. My sons suffer from a rare bone-marrow failure syndrome called Shwachman-Diamond syndrome and have secondary mitochondrial disease that requires treatment with a broad range of expensive medications. We averaged $10,000 to $12,000 a year in billed out-of-pocket medical expenses before Obamacare became law. In 2013, we incurred just over $27,000 in out-of-pocket medical expenses. President Obama’s signature piece of legislation has more than doubled our yearly medical costs.
Obamacare is not what its supporters promised. It is a huge overreach by government that is hurting millions of people. How many more must suffer before we chart a new course that allows every American a choice of coverage that works for them at a price they deem reasonable?
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