When he was eight months old, our older son had open heart surgery to repair a ventricular septal defect. When he was six years old, he had a second open heart surgery, a double chambered right ventricle repair. He is autistic, and takes a cocktail of anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medications in order that he can live peaceably enough to remain in our home. Whether he will ever be able to hold a job of any kind, much less a full-time job with benefits, is an open question.
Thanks to health care reform, no matter what happens to us, his parents, and no matter what his prospects for employment are, he will never, ever lack for health insurance, either because he has been denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition, or because his employer, if there is one, doesn't provide health insurance as part of its benefits package.
That is why I support health care reform, and that's why you should too.
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