{"id":1003200,"date":"2018-12-18T15:49:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003200"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:58","slug":"real-stories-families-hurt-by-republican-driven-ruling-to-overturn-the-aca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-families-hurt-by-republican-driven-ruling-to-overturn-the-aca\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL STORIES: Families Hurt By Republican-Driven Ruling To Overturn The ACA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans have come as close as they\u2019ve ever been to destroying the Affordable Care Act. Friday\u2019s court ruling over a GOP lawsuit to overturn the ACA could take health care away from millions and put tens of millions more at risk of not being able to get the care they need.<\/p>\n

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Here are stories of families who are afraid and could be hurt from Friday\u2019s court ruling:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWell, I’m worried about our whole family, honestly. \u2026 Medical bankruptcies are a reality and they were a much bigger reality before the Affordable Care Act.\u201d – California resident<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt puts the fear in me. We\u2019ve worked so hard for Jacob to do as well as he is right now. The last thing I want us to do is to not get the health care he needs to maintain that quality of life. It\u2019s scary for a parent.\u201d – Georgia resident <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m very confused. And concerned. I have two of (the) pre-existing conditions that they like to talk about. \u2026 I don\u2019t know what to think tonight. What is my future going to be?\u201d – Houston teacher<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis can\u2019t happen!… Without any type of government regulation or anything, I would be dead.\u201d – Phoenix resident<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Georgia resident whose daughter has a pre-existing heart condition said the ACA ruling left him \u201cabsolutely terrified<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A California resident whose son has a pre-existing condition asked after the ACA ruling, \u201cHow many times do we have to go through this?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republicans have come as close as they\u2019ve ever been to destroying the Affordable Care Act. Friday\u2019s court ruling over a GOP lawsuit to overturn the ACA could take health care away from millions and put tens of millions more at risk of not being able to get the care they need. Here are stories of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nREAL STORIES: Families Hurt By Republican-Driven Ruling To Overturn The ACA - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-families-hurt-by-republican-driven-ruling-to-overturn-the-aca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-18T19:49:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/N1OcVNFNy5k5STIbZmO4JSyV812hiP4yO0rNEKKbW38WENGJU4J93i7xuRt55kZgBsfZh6lluv4rzOchfwxb4hSbbzurqhjBn0NqZAJma_mazl1c10HYLhxEyA6upnYAOaaQ9rNI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-families-hurt-by-republican-driven-ruling-to-overturn-the-aca\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-families-hurt-by-republican-driven-ruling-to-overturn-the-aca\/\",\"name\":\"REAL STORIES: Families Hurt By Republican-Driven Ruling To Overturn The ACA - 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