As health law turns 2, the demonization continues

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Author(s) USA Today editorial board
Source USA Today
Date March 22, 2012
URL http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/story/2012-03-22/support-for-health-care-law/53715312/1
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Quotes-start.png Already, roughly 50 million people, or 1-in-6, have no health insurance. Without reform, even if you do have coverage, you could lose it in a flash if you're fired from your job, if you get critically ill and your insurance company finds a pretext for canceling your policy, or if you're so ill that you burn through your policy's lifetime limit. Health care costs are a factor in most bankruptcies; in fact, they contributed to the the bankruptcy of the married couple that filed one of the main legal challenges to the health reform law. Changing this system is urgent and necessary. The only reasonable question is how. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.