Discussion: Woman Apologizes to Obama after Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Beyond Say

Woman Who Attacked ObamaCare Apologizes After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Today in a L.A. Times op-ed, a woman who was so upset with President Obama for having "let down the struggling middle class" that she switched her registration from Democrat to Independent and altered her Obama bumpers sticker to read "Got Nope" is apologizing to the President. She says that while she was angered by Obama's plan, she's suddenly come to appreciate it, now that she's benefitting from it personally.

Two years ago, Spike Dolomite Ward and her husband had to choose between paying their mortgage or keeping their health insurance. They kept the house, and now at 49 Ward has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She didn't know how she'd afford months of expensive treatment, until he discovered the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which is part of Obama's healthcare plan. Now she's publicly "outed" herself in the hopes that she can teach ObamaCare opponents that the uninsured aren't just lazy freeloaders. She writes:

What I want people to understand is that, if this could happen to us, it could happen to anybody. If you are fortunate enough to still be employed and have insurance through your employers, you may feel insulated from the sufferings of people like me right now. But things can change abruptly. If you still have a good job with insurance, that doesn't mean that you're better than me, more deserving than me or smarter than me. It just means that you are luckier. And access to healthcare shouldn't depend on luck.

Ward's right, and she deserves credit for admitting she was wrong. It's just a shame that most people who are rabidly against enabling all Americans to have healthcare coverage won't have a change of heart unless they're put in a similarly horrible situation.

Source: http://jezebel.com/5865791/woman-who...ncer-diagnosis
Haha thats what pre-judging gets ya. You dont appreciate it until you need it.

You go Obama!

Bliss

Reza

Karma anyone?? Its so sad but this is the state of our country. Unless people benefit from something they think its worthless, until they are the ones who need the help. whatever happened to helping those in need without getting something in return??

Beyond Say

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Originally posted by UclaBoi

Karma anyone?? Its so sad but this is the state of our country. Unless people benefit from something they think its worthless, until they are the ones who need the help. whatever happened to helping those in need without getting something in return??

So True. Americans are very greedy.

Venus

What the ****?

Delita_chan

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Originally posted by Beyond Say

So True. Americans are very greedy.

Not just Americans - the world. By human nature, we are greedy.

G4L

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Originally posted by UclaBoi

Karma anyone?? Its so sad but this is the state of our country. Unless people benefit from something they think its worthless, until they are the ones who need the help. whatever happened to helping those in need without getting something in return??

That's why i hate it when people complain about taxes being too high. the purpose of tax is to pay for things like obama care, education, public infrastructure etc etc, because not everyone is lucky enough to be able to afford private health insurance and send their kids to fancy private schools for the best education. the more taxes you pay, the more the govt can do for the people. this money doesn't just materialise out of thin air.

Reza

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Originally posted by G4L

That's why i hate it when people complain about taxes being too high. the purpose of tax is to pay for things like obama care, education, public infrastructure etc etc, because not everyone is lucky enough to be able to afford private health insurance and send their kids to fancy private schools for the best education. the more taxes you pay, the more the govt can do for the people. this money doesn't just materialise out of thin air.

EXACTLY. this is what i was saying in a conversation with a friend earlier. people want to pay less taxes but then they expect that states have enough resources to fund their childs education, It cant be both ways.

i live in california and people are so dumb and greedy that they are opposing a 1/2 cent tax increase in the state tax which would fund health care, education and public infrastructure.

BLaCKPoWeR

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Originally posted by G4L

That's why i hate it when people complain about taxes being too high. the purpose of tax is to pay for things like obama care, education, public infrastructure etc etc, because not everyone is lucky enough to be able to afford private health insurance and send their kids to fancy private schools for the best education. the more taxes you pay, the more the govt can do for the people. this money doesn't just materialise out of thin air.

Why must everyone call it ObamaCare ?

Its the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 a.k.a. the Health Care Reform.

Aside from that, I agree.