On the recordOctober 29, 2013
The Affordable Care Act is more than a Web site; it is affordable, quality health insurance made available to everyone. While my friends on the other side of the aisle like to keep talking about bad stories, there are some good stories about the Affordable Care Act, and I have one of them. It is Sarah and Joe, parents of two small children from Los Angeles, who have been working very hard every day to provide for their family while they were paying a high health care premium every month. Just last month, they were paying $1,259 a month for COBRA. Last week, they got on the exchange, and they enrolled in a Blue Cross Silver 70 plan and are now paying more than $400 less a month--less a month. Sarah shared with us: We are a family of four with two young kids. Regular access to doctors is a must for us. This plan does that. The recent problems people have encountered on the Web site are unacceptable, and they are being fixed. Let's not allow these temporary glitches to overshadow the life-changing benefits that the Affordable Care Act is bringing to millions of American families like Sarah and Joe. ____________________
