madlori:tzikeh:I know that I’m just one of the millions of...

madlori:

tzikeh:

I know that I’m just one of the millions of people who will lose their health care if the ACA is repealed and this becomes law, and I don’t have that many followers on tumblr and I’m not “important” in fandom. But I am a human being, and the ACA is all that stands between me and suicide.

The anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications I take are literally (and I am using this word correctly) keeping me alive at this point in my life. If Trumpcare goes through, it will mean my death, unless I can find a way to come up with $2250 a month to pay for my medications, because with Trump’s health care plan, even if I were able to get a full-time job with a health insurance package, my employer’s insurance could deny me benefits due to my pre-existing conditions. 

I’ve been around a long time, and I’ve tried pretty much all of the meds (and combos) available for my illnesses, back when I had a job with insurance. Now I pay into the Marketplace and get my insurance there, and I’m finally at a steady place w/r/t my disease. I’m not going to go all caps-lock and bold and whatever, but “death” is the outcome if I lose my ACA coverage.

I hope you are all calling your senators. I have been. 

My GOP Senator is one of the ones on the fence. He hears from me a lot.

But no matter who your Senator is, GOP or Dem, let them hear from you. A LOT.