So first of all it must be clear that what Obamacare is? Obamacare is just a nickname for the Affordable Care Act. They are the same thing and more than 20 million people rely on it to get healthcare they could not get anywhere else. The more than twice number of people is living in the New York City and more than Georgia and New Jersey combined. Now that we have cleared that up, here what you need to know about a possible repeal, if the Republicans get their way, 18 million people will lose their insurance in the first year. That number jumps to 27 million if they eliminate Medicaid eligibility and subsidies for insurance purchased through marketplaces. Any by 2026, 32 million people could be without health insurance.

CEO of Zuckerberg SF General Hospital, Dr. Susan Ehrlich says, it is hard to imagine taking all of that away. Before the Affordable Care Act that is before January 2014, almost 40% of our patients were uninsured and so now only about 17% of our patients are insured. Many patients with preexisting conditions rely on the Affordable Care Act.

A cancer patient – Jeff Jeans says, I was a Republican and I have worked for the Reagan and Bush campaigns. At 49 I was given 6 weeks to live with a very curable type of cancer. Thanks for the Affordable Care Act, I am standing here today alive. Obamacare requires that all health insurance companies, regardless if you have a preexisting condition or not. Though these protections are repealed, 1 in 4 Americans under that age of 65 might have difficulties getting health insurance.

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