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Cha

(305,421 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 01:25 AM Sep 2013

Cancer Survivor Shows Obamacare Unleashing Startups: Economy!

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Maksim Tsvetovat and Tatyana Kanzaveli say they doubt they could have started their data-collection company, Open Cancer Network, without Obamacare.

Tsvetovat, 37 and the father of a four-year-old boy, said he was hesitant to quit his job as chief technology officer at a consulting firm and lose his health coverage. Even more crucially, Kanzaveli, 50, was diagnosed with colon cancer in January, less than two months after her contract job with an investment company ended. Her condition left her unable to purchase new medical insurance.

It’s a scary thing when I have to think, can I afford to do things that will keep me alive?” said Kanzaveli, who underwent a $160,000 surgery and now has regular screenings. “We have high expectations for Obamacare.”

The partners’ experience highlights a risk entrepreneurs have long faced: if they quit a job to start a business, they lose employer-provided health coverage. That could mean paying more for an individual policy or being denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition. The Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, seeks to change that by offering subsidies to purchase insurance on exchanges and banning discrimination based on medical history.

The big point with entrepreneurs is that now you can leave your job without worrying what your health insurance is going to be, because you have an option and you know you can enroll,” said Christine Eibner, an economist whose focuses include health and insurance at Santa Monica, California-based nonprofit research group RAND Corp. “You did not have that before the Affordable Care Act.”


Continue their story..
http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-09/cancer-survivor-shows-obamacare-may-free-entrepreneurs-economy.html

Another great facet of Obamacare~

[font color=blue]BOG[/font]

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Cancer Survivor Shows Obamacare Unleashing Startups: Economy! (Original Post) Cha Sep 2013 OP
Obamacare is about freedom. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #1
Mahalo for your personal story so Cha Sep 2013 #2
Thanks, Cha. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #3
How sweet to have the freedom to do what you Cha Sep 2013 #4
Obamacare will save lives... sheshe2 Sep 2013 #5
I'm fascinated by those colors.. Cha Sep 2013 #6
Well your're up late! sheshe2 Sep 2013 #7
Yes, and got up late Cha Sep 2013 #9
Cool~ sheshe2 Sep 2013 #10
The old system 90-percent Sep 2013 #8
I'm happy for everyone about the ACA IrishAyes Sep 2013 #11

SunSeeker

(53,660 posts)
1. Obamacare is about freedom.
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 01:46 AM
Sep 2013

So many people are chained to their jobs because of healthcare coverage fears. Not being dependent on your employer for healthcare will be incredibly liberating.

As a cancer survivor like the person in this article, I felt chained to my job. Now I know I will be able to get insurance no matter what I decide to do. Obamacare has given me freedom to a profound extent.

The thing is, I hadn't really thought about how it would benefit me personally. When I was going to healthcare rallies, I was doing it for my brother, who as a self-employed man, was never able to afford health insurance. Then he developed medical problems and with a pre-existing condition, he couldn't buy it even if he had the money. The ACA will save my brother's life. What I didn't realize was how much it will improve my life.

Cha

(305,421 posts)
2. Mahalo for your personal story so
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 02:00 AM
Sep 2013

eloquently told, Sunseeker~ Such good news!

And as VP Biden also said so eloquently on March 23, 2010 to PBO.. "It's a BFD!"



[font color=blue]BOG[/font]

SunSeeker

(53,660 posts)
3. Thanks, Cha.
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 02:14 AM
Sep 2013

You know, it just dawned on me that my husband was chained to my job too. He depends on me for health insurance since he is self-employed. In fact, he waited until I got that job before starting his/our business. He could have started the business a lot sooner if he was not afraid of not having health coverage. Now, I can quit my job if I want and work with him in the business full time. Or not. I now have the freedom to choose.

Cha

(305,421 posts)
4. How sweet to have the freedom to do what you
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 02:26 AM
Sep 2013

want for your job and not have to worry about the all important health care coverage.

There will many other couples down the road who will not have to wait for the other to get a job before they start their own business or leave their current healthcare provided job.

So many reasons why it's "A Good Thing for America" and why the republicons want to kill it before it multiplies!

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
5. Obamacare will save lives...
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:51 AM
Sep 2013








And give many of us the freedoms to chose. Thanks Obama!

Quick hit and run before work Cha, gotta run~

Cha

(305,421 posts)
6. I'm fascinated by those colors..
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:59 AM
Sep 2013

thanks sheshe.. have a good day at work.

Save lives and save money.. which is always fun!

90-percent

(6,890 posts)
8. The old system
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 08:55 AM
Sep 2013

The old employer based health insurance system was a form of economic servitude.

Face it, how many of us hung on to humiliating and infuriating jobs because to quit would be to risk medical bankruptcy?

The ACA will go a long way for me to feel more secure as I reach retirement age and also enjoy a lot more happiness in my older years.

I am so happy this has come for everybody in America!

I also think most employers aren't really happy about the health insurance system before the ACA?


-90% Jimmy

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
11. I'm happy for everyone about the ACA
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 12:49 PM
Sep 2013

including myself. While I'll never lose a healthy fear of catastrophic illness or tragedy such as cancer, at least I don't have to worry about being able to get treatment either. What a sea change in so many lives!

But wait, wait... the repukes say it's a trainwreck, you know.

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