“We were just about to be a statistic: being over 50 and experience a decline in work and health simultaneously. I’m sure Obamacare is why we are still in our home today.”
Self-employed for 32 years in Portland, Oregon, Katherine R. and her family had to pay for health care completely out of pocket and could never rely on unemployment during hard times — “a luxury most folks take for granted.”
But the Affordable Care Act came just in time for her and her family.
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