Faces of Change: Life Without Limits
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2012
- At 6 months old, Stacey's daughter Zoe was halfway to her lifetime cap. But because the Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans from setting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits, Zoe can now live a life without limits.
My son is in a similar situation, having had a brain hemorrhage and brain surgery at age three, and having severe Hemophilia. The hemophilia alone would have broken his lifetime cap sometime in his childhood, but the brain surgery pushed him there much faster. I cried watching this video, and am grateful for the understandable way it is presented. I, too, have anxiety over the thought of repealing the Affordable Care Act. My son's medicine cost $90,000 this month. We are waiting for 2014.
Thank you. Giving people access to health care saves lives AND saves money. It's a win for all Americans.
As a cancer survivor, I am very much looking forward to this act taking full effect. Right now, I'm very fortunate as I have good coverage through my employer. However, that could change at any moment. If not for the Affordable Care Act my child and I would be left out in the cold and uninsurable if I lost my job.
love this video. we also have a daughter named zoe who was born with heart defects among other congenital defects. she too was almost at her lifetime limit art a few months old. we feel the same way about the new health care laws. zoe wouldn't be here without them. they have saved her life and enabled us to get her the medications necessary. it also ensures that she will always be able to have insurance. we are so grateful every day got the affordable health care act.
I think these are important, positive messages which tell the truth about health care reform. I hope when people see them they'll share them with their friends.
I'm from Canada where we have universal health care. America, it's really not as scary as you think. It's really great to know that if you need medical treatment you won't go bankrupt.
Thanks for posting this video, Mrs. Obama. You're a great first lady.
My son was born with a hip defect and on the autism spectrum. Without the Affordable Care Act, he could be denied insurance for the rest of his life.
This is awesome! I think that the Health Care reform that Pres. Obama managed to pass is without a doubt the biggest leap forward in health care for America in several decades. There are still a lot of things that could be done to improve our health care laws (as there is always improvements to be made with any legislation), but just getting it to be discussed as a serious issue was accomplishment enough.
Until this debate came to the forefront of political debate over the past few years I really didn't comprehend how extreme medical insurance or lack thereof was in your country. I am Canadian and your circumstances have made me grateful I was born in a country that has in place a means to obtain care. My father was able to receive a heart transplant here that we never could have afforded to pay for.
Your country has the ability to have a greater system in place than ours does, get it now!
This video is adviced by Brack Obama, he said that Zoe was born with half a heart, a video every parent needs to see
i am also grateful to know that someday, if i were to give birth to a child with a disability, i would be guaranteed of being able to find insurance coverage for him or her. paying out-of-pocket for a child with serious health issues could easily bankrupt a family. thanks to health care reform, people are no longer at the mercy of insurance companies who care about nothing except the bottom line.
Come on up to Canada, Lihn family. We'd be happy to have you. And our son's congenital heart disease (2 surgeries so far) has cost us...nothing. Lots of love to you.
"by 6 months she was half way to her life time cap of what the insurance company would pay for her health care " that is the private sector and the free market's way of doing things. People are NOT commodities.
I just can't understand how anyone could possibly think the new healthcare regulations are a bad thing. We let the free market have it's way with health insurance companies, and look what happened!
i totally agreeeeeeee
Zoe: Apple
Her dad: That's an orange.
Zoe: Oh...
So cute :)
@salvyy I couldn't agree more salvyy! Heartless monsters indeed.
Take an example and visit the happy Netherlands and act as we did decades ago !
my sister and i benefit from "obamacare" every day. i am sorry that the public option didn't go through, but i am still grateful from what the president was able to accomplish. thank you, mr. obama.
I am grateful to President Obama for the Affordable Care Act. I am glad that little Zoe can now live a life without limits but a long life because of the Affordable Care Act which prohibits health plans from setting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits.
@salvyy hell yeah
This is why I'm glad of the NHS- I don't care how much tax it costs me, we really need it. If Obama pulls it off he might just earn that peace prize.
It may prohibit private health plans from setting a lifetime dollar limit...but....
There would be a cap on the total amount of money Medicare recipients could receive for care. Health care decisions will ultimately be based solely on cost - instead of on the best possible health care outcomes for Medicare patients.
How many infirm, disabled, and elderly do think will survive that? I Yeah...if "they won't choose death, just cut 'em off and leave 'em to die". great thinkin'....
Everyone should send this video to anyone they know who is anti Obama's healthcare law.
Why the heak would 21 people dislike this video?
I support Obama. I thank God every day for him and his wife. I am outraged over the greed of corporations and the ignorance of some people in this country. No person should have to live in fear that another person may cause their loved one suffering and death. Everyone deserves health care. Shame on all the people that are fighting against these people in need.
darwin!
@mattt1994 Thank you... America listen up!
We have a political party in this country that aligns itself with the teachings of Jesus, consistently follows His example, and wants what Christ would want for Americans. I'm of course talking about Democrats. It's time Christians in America wake up and join the party that cares for the sick and the needy, loves their neighbor, does unto others, etc. etc. etc.
how did someone dislike this ?
@salvyy Greetings back from one American sooooo glad to be rid of W.
In the Netherlands we have universal health care. I pay 140 euro's per month for it, gladly. It means I do not have to go bankrupt and sell my house if my family members or myself get sick. I do not see why this is 'socialist' or 'communist'. It is solidarity in a community where we care for each other.
:)
Obama 2012 ...our lives depend on it !!!
1 billion thumbs up to Obama and Biden! America needs this!!! Though, sadly this is not the only family with this problem! Obama all the way for me!
OBAMA 2012 NO ONE BETTER LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CHILD TY POTUS
It's time for American politicians to stop acting as though life begins at conception and ends at birth. We have to love our children as much as we love fetuses, if not more.
Well......Don't the teabaggers look stupid now.
Those 42 dislikes.. SMH
Go Obama. How is it possible to set a limit on healthcare. It's universal. It's a right. I am not a commie lets give equal health rights to all. It's a human right. C'mon America, follow the lead of Europe & Cuba! We are not perfect but we are trying.
God bless this child & her parents.
I don't understand. Do Republicans only care about life when the child is still a fetus? Why don't they care about life after the child is born, that they would want to deprive children like Zoe of life-saving health care?
OBAMA 2012 ....speak to every neighbor ..friend...and person you come into contact with ...knock on doors make phone calls...hang signs...start rallies...GET UP...GET ACTIVE...OBAMA 2012...GOD bless OBAMA and GOD bless AMERICA !
I wonder if any republicans can explain why the Affordable Care Act is considered a bad thing for our country after watching this video.
imagine if OBAMA lose and the next administration repeal this heath care law what s gonna happens to these two babies / THE GOP need to connect it view with the humanity values not to the wealthy people selfishness!
If Obama loses...we ALL lose. We have to make sure that everybody we know VOTES OBAMA this year. It's a life or death of this country election year - perhaps the most important in the entire history of the United States. This year could truly make or break us!
I will NEVER be able to fathom why ANYONE can use a dollar amount to decide that children like this can die. They either listen to all the BS propaganda that others are throwing around or they truly have to be heartless. This, alone, should give any person with a tiny bit of compassion enough reason to vote Democrat.
i DO NOT care Obama 2012. i waiting for Stacey's daughters be Ms President someday
It's "nice" to know Republicans will work their as hard as they can to kill/damage this adorable little girl.
That's what's up...Obama healthcare .... vote 4Obama 2012...no Republicans in office...
OBAMA 2012.
need NEED Obama
You American are lucky having Barack Obama to run your country.
It may prohibit private health plans from setting a lifetime dollar limit...but....
There would be a cap on the total amount of money Medicare recipients could receive for care. Health care decisions will ultimately be based solely on cost - instead of on the best possible health care outcomes for Medicare patients.
How many infirm, disabled, and elderly do think will survive that? I Yeah...if "they won't choose death, just cut 'em off and leave 'em to die". great thinkin'....