They and thousands of others were able to do so as beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. But Chandra's anxiety swept back when she heard about the GOP effort to repeal the health plan with no replacement. She credits the Affordable Care Act for her decision to go back to school rather than be locked into her previous office job. ———'IT'S NOT A GAME'Matt Mason, 48, of Omaha, Nebraska, says the Affordable Care Act radically reduced the costs of treating his Type I diabetes. The Affordable Care Act, he said, made it possible to get affordable coverage for himself, his wife and their three children.

Source: ABC News July 19, 2017 07:57 UTC