Faces of the Affordable Care Act
"It is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure."
For years, the health coverage Jaime Hood obtained for her 4-year-old son, who has a serious medical condition, hinged on keeping her income to near the poverty level—the threshold for Medicaid, the federal-state insurance for low-income people.
"Why not?"
In the months since one of the health law’s key provisions took effect--banning the insurance-industry practice of rejecting customers with medical conditions—she has taken a full-time job and boosted her income by 50%.
"It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide."
That is because Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City now must sell a plan for her son, Devyn, at the same price it charges for covering a healthy child, $186 a month. His private coverage began May 1.
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