Before the Affordable Care Act, it was difficult for many members of my family to obtain coverage due to “pre-existing conditions.” Our family’s medical history includes our father's death due to a heart attack and stroke in 1990. Alzheimer’s disease is present in both our mother's side and father's side -- with three grandparents currently suffering from the disease. Also present in our medical records is arthritis in several aunts. Many private health insurance companies did not want to give us health care coverage. But thanks to ACA and the Healthy San Francisco health care program, my...