Natoma Canfield's Letter to President Barack Obama

United States President Barack Obama has spoken regarding the letter came from the woman Natoma Canfield in the concern of Affordable Care Act via the remarks of Supreme Court.  The letter has been sent to the American President in the time of the health care debate and still hangs in his office as a prompt of what the Affordable Care Act means for Americans around the country. At present, President Obama said the suggestion regarding to Natoma’s letter and also clarify all the doubts, which the law forced by him:

“For years and years, Natoma did everything right.  She bought health insurance.  She paid her premiums on time.  But 18 years ago, Natoma was diagnosed with cancer.  And even though she’d been cancer-free for more than a decade, her insurance company kept jacking up her rates, year after year.  And despite her desires to keep her coverage -- despite her fears that she would get sick again -- she had to surrender her health insurance, and was forced to hang her fortunes on chance.

I carried Natoma’s story with me every day of the fight to pass this law.  It reminded me of all the Americans, all across the country, who have had to worry not only about getting sick, but about the cost of getting well.

Natoma is well today.  And because of this law, there are other Americans -- other sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers -- who will not have to hang their fortunes on chance.  These are the Americans for whom we passed this law.”

The details in Natoma’s letter are listed below:

Dear President Obama

I am 50 years old.  I was diagnosed with carcinoma in-situ 16 years ago and following my divorce 12 years ago I became self-employed.  After my Cobra ran out I was able to find costly, but affordable health insurance. As a responsible individual, I have struggled to maintain my individual coverage and have increased my deductible and out of pocket-limits in an attempt to control my cost and keep my health insurance.

Last year (2009) my insurance premium was increased over 25% even though I increased my deductible and out of pocket to the highest limits available.  I paid out $6075.24 in premiums, $2415.26 for medical care, $225 in co-pays and $1500 for prescriptions.  I never reached my deductible of $2500 so the insurance company only paid out a total of $953.32 to my providers.

I must repeat, in 2009 my insurance company received $6075.24 in premiums and paid out only $953.32!  Incredibly I have just been notified that my premium for next year 2010 has been increased over 40% to $8496.24 ($708.02 per month)!!!!  This is the same insurance company I have been with for over 11 cancer free years!!!

I need your Health reform bill to help me!!!  I simply can no longer afford to pay for my health care costs!!  Thanks to this incredible premium increase demanded by my insurance company, January will be my last month of insurance.

I live in the house my mother & father built in 1958 and I am so afraid of the possibility I might loose [sic] this family heirloom as a result of my being forced to drop my health care insurance.  The health insurance industry technically has not denied me insurance directly, but indirectly they have by increasing my costs.  They perceive me as becoming a higher risk factor to them despite being a loyal customer. I will never be able to obtain new health insurance due to the lack of real competition.

We are talking about Anthem who apparently has no respect for your attempts to reform the health insurance industry.

Please stay focused in your reform attempts as I and many others are in desperate need of your help.

Sincerely,

Natoma Canfield

Natoma Canfield

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Obama: Health Care Law Helps All The People

United States President Barack Obama has been signed for the law for the health care and it is the Affordable Care Act on March 23 in the year 2010. This law suppose to turn around the millions lives in American state. They are up taking insurance companies that merely focuses on the middle class families to have full secure, affordable health insurance. Listed below are the rules included in the Health Care Law:

• Preventive care that including mammograms for women and wellness visits – are available at no charge for everyone on Medicare.
• 54 million Americans gained better preventive service coverage through their private health insurance plans. 
• By August 1, 12.8 million Americans will benefit from rebates provided by their insurance company because the company spent too much of their premium dollars on administrative costs or CEO bonuses. 
• 6.6. million Young adults were able to sign up for coverage on their parents’ plans, including 3.1 million young adults who would have been uninsured without the law. 
• 5.3 million People with Medicare who hit the prescription drug donut hole saved $3.7 billion on their prescription drugs. 
• Insurance companies can’t drop your coverage because you got sick and made a mistake on your application.  Nearly 16 million Americans who purchase insurance in the individual market are no longer at risk of losing their insurance. 
• Insurance companies can no longer limit the amount of coverage you can receive in a lifetime.  Nearly 105 million privately insured American can now live with the security of knowing that their coverage will be there when they need it the most.   

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Religious Heads Sustains President Obama Position On Immigration Development

All the religious leaders from the Pope Benedict to the famed protestant pastors, clergy beginning a diversity of faiths are increasing in their voices on behalf of immigrants and require gluing the out of order classification. United States President Barack Obama has definitely and confidently called out for the widespread resolution regarding the immigration that US face. 

In a remarkable movement the demonstrating his Administration’s assurance to addressing the broken down immigration system, the Department of Homeland Security announced a deferred action process for certain young people on June 15.

This formation has the entirely wished by the leaders in confident community. From the Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, José Gomez, who “welcomed the announcement by President Obama… and renewed [the Bishop’s] call for bipartisan efforts to enact comprehensive and humane reform to our nation’s broken immigration system,” to Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, who said we should “applaud the President for doing the right thing and encourage Congress to follow up by codifying it into law.”

Numerous people have a strong confidence in the history of welcoming newcomers, a tradition that is embedded in the founding values of the United States. We identify ourselves as a realm of immigrants – a place for people from all walks of existence to come along with us to practice common hopes, shared values, and the American Dream. 

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