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  • The Faces of Health Care: Derrick B.

    Posted by Tanya Somanader on January 20, 2015 at 1:01 PM EDT

    "Before this Act, I was very limited in obtaining any health care. It has changed my life dramatically." 

    Derrick B. makes his living helping kids in San Francisco with math, chemistry, and physics -- an important job that doesn't earn him enough to pay for a private health care plan. Before the Affordable Care Act, Derrick had to use the city's health plan, which translated into long wait times for medications he needed to treat his Type 2 Diabetes. But when the Health Insurance Marketplace opened in 2014, he shopped on California's state-based health exchange and realized that he qualified for Medicaid. 

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  • The Faces of Health Care: Curtis T.

    Posted by David Hudson on January 16, 2015 at 11:40 AM EDT

    "Please remember that you have someone here that believes in you and is proud to have you as leader of the United States."

    In a letter to the President, Curtis T. wrote about his husband, Mark, who he'd been with for 19 "quite exceptional" years. Under the old health care system, Mark hadn't been able to get health insurance due to a preexisting heart condition.

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  • The Faces of Health Care: Maria V.

    Posted by David Hudson on January 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM EDT

    "Thank you so very, very much for giving people like me, who have a pre-existing condition, Obamacare!"

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  • The Faces of Health Care: Alex M.

    Posted by David Hudson on January 12, 2015 at 11:16 AM EDT

    "Without insurance, my parents, who are of humble economic means, would surely be in financial ruin for the rest of their lives."

    Last year, Alex M. from Castro Valley, California wrote the President to thank him for the Affordable Care Act.

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  • The Road to State of the Union: Can You Answer This One Question?

    Posted by Lindsay Holst on January 9, 2015 at 7:07 PM EDT

    In less than two weeks, the President will deliver the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

    The State of the Union is a tradition that's as old as the presidency itself — but here's something we haven't always been able to do:

    Ask you, the American people, what you'd like to see come out of it.

    So tell us: What would you like to see get done in the next two years?

    We're putting together a special memo ahead of the speech — one comprised of the voices of Americans from across the country, sharing that one simple but powerful thought.

    Change will take work from every single one of us. So after you respond, share what you're willing to do to help see it through.

    Thanks for adding your voice — we'll be in touch as we get closer to January 20.

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  • Great Strides for Women’s Health Under the Affordable Care Act

    Posted by Valerie Jarrett on January 9, 2015 at 1:41 PM EDT

    Ed. note: This is cross-posted on The Huffington Post. See the original post here.

    President Obama has said repeatedly that “when women succeed, America succeeds.” And over the past year, millions of women have gained the security of knowing that their professional, academic, financial, and personal dreams will not be put in jeopardy if they face a health challenge. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a report detailing the important strides we have made in women’s health as a result of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). 

    Up until last year, insurance companies could — and often did — charge women different premiums than men for the same coverage. As of January 1, 2014, the ACA prohibits this gender discrimination. In part because of improved options and affordability, today’s report outlines a significant 5.5 percentage point decline in the uninsured rate among women between the ages of 18 and 64 since 2013. And as more and more women take advantage of the Open Enrollment period that ends February 15, 2015, and sign up for affordable private health insurance, that number will continue to drop.

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