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17 Jun, 9 tweets, 3 min read
SCOTUS has upheld Obamacare.

I'm going to speak on this & I'd like you all to read it.
This is a very personal issue for me with a POV you all likely haven't heard before or thought about.

Please follow along.
My feelings on Obamacare are well known. It is not the answer. We need #MedicareForAll immediately. That said......

I am ecstatic it was upheld. Why? Because I would literally be dead had this been overturned. I'm not joking. I'm not being over dramatic.
This is the world I live in relying on Medicaid & being very ill infected with 2 antibiotic resistant superbugs. Had this been over turned just 2 months ago, I wouldn't be here now & would have died a couple weeks ago when I was sick with sepsis. Think about that for a moment.
This decision has been on my mind for a long while. For many months I have scared out of my mind on what would happen. The stress is real. The thoughts that run through your head constantly are not pleasant or nice. And for months I've been planning for the worst.
Making sure what very little I have is in order in case this case went the other way. Not knowing if you were going to survive is a lot to take on. And it really wore me out. A lot. Every time I was in the hospital I pondered what would happen if this went south.
I know some of you will be "what, you support this decision!?!?" but understand that for me personally along with others, this isn't just about policy, it's about literal life & death. Millions on Medicaid would lose coverage over night resulting in countless needless deaths.
I want to live. And because of Medicaid I am able to.

See this? This is just 1 of the 4½ liters of unoxygenated infected blood taken out of my abdomen's sub-tissue due to my infection. All paid for by Medicaid thanks to Obamacare.
I'd like to ask you all who think this was a bad decision to do some thinking outside the box with regards to people like me & millions of others.

This is a GOOD thing. Is it a solution? No. But I'm going to celebrate life right now knowing I'm safe. For now. ❤️❤️❤️
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