Tracy Muñoz
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October 31, 2012
Thanks to a provision under the Affordable Care Act that allows children to remain on their parents’ health insurance plans until they are 26, I have two adult children on my health insurance plan. After he finished college, my 22 year-old son began working full-time for a small business that does not provide health coverage. My 24-year-old son attends graduate school full-time and works part-time. If he didn’t have health coverage, my son would have to drop out of school and face poor job prospects in our present economy, impacting his career earning potential and capacity to support his...
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March 21, 2012
For English, click here . El crédito de mi familia se aruinó cuando tuve un accidente de carro en 1998 y necesité cirugía de reemplazo de cadera. Apesar de que mi marido y yo teníamos trabajos con beneficios, tuvimos que tomar medidas drásticas para pagar nuestras facturas – ¡y eso que teníamos seguro médico! Fue entonces que yo sabía que el sistema médico de nuestro país necesitaba una reforma. Mi familia incluye mi marido, nuestros cinco hijos y yo y ya hemos aprovechado de los beneficios del acta de cuidado de salud a bajo precio. Es difícil motivar a mi hijo de 22 años para que vaya al...
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March 15, 2012
Para español, haga clic aquí . Despite the fact that my husband and I both had jobs and were covered by private health insurance, our family’s credit history was damaged after I was in a car accident in 1998 and needed hip replacement surgery. We had to take drastic financial measures in order to pay for thousands of dollars in costs that were not covered by our insurance. It was obvious to me that our country needed health care reform. And indeed, my family of seven is already seeing the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Getting my 22-year-old healthy son to go to the doctor is like...
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March 23, 2011
Mi hijo de 21 años de edad tuvo que tomar un año fuera de la universidad para poder pagar el préstamo estudiantil de su primer año de estudios. Trabaja a tiempo completo con una pequeña compañía. Él no puede pagar por si mismo su cuidado de salud y mi esposo y yo no podíamos pagárselo tampoco. Pero gracias a la ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio pudimos añadirlo a la póliza de seguros de mi compañía. Igualmente pudimos evitar pagar cualquier incremento en los pagos gracias a esta nueva ley importante. La Reforma del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio nos ha dado la seguridad que necesitábamos...
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March 22, 2011
My 21 year old is taking a year off from school. He is having to pay back school loans from the first year. He works a full-time job with a small business. our family He cannot afford health insurance on his own, and we cannot afford to pay for it for him. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, we were able to add him onto my company’s policy. We were also able to stave off any premium increases, again, thanks to ACA. Health care reform has given us a sense of security that we all needed at a time when I have not had a pay increase in 2 years. He is fortunate enough to be relatively healthy. But...
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