Murray Releases Web Video Ahead of WA Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Deadline
Statement
From Seattle to Spokane, Chehalis to Colville, Washingtonians are accessing affordable, quality health insurance through Washington's state exchange WAHealthPlanFinder.
"I'd like to speak today about some people in my home state of Washington whose lives have been changed by the Affordable Care Act, people whose stories have been pretty much ignored here in Washington D.C
"I'll start with the story of Susan Wellman, she lives in Bellingham, WA. She is self-employed. She has had to pay for individual insurance, and every year she has watched her health care costs rise higher and higher and higher.
"Now Susan is on a plan that costs her $125 a month, instead of $300-- and it has a plan that has a $2000 deductible, not an $8000 deductible.
"And she says it actually pays for things.
"She can now afford to go to a doctor--not just in case of an emergency-- but for a physical or a mammogram that could save her life, not to mention thousands and thousands of dollars in health care costs.
"I'd like to talk about a couple in Bellingham, Washington, named Rod Burton and Sarah Hill.
"Rod is one of millions of Americans who have had the utterly maddening experience of being denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition.
"That changed for him with the Affordable Care Act.
"Despite his heart defect, Rod was able to get a plan that covers him and his wife, and they found out they were eligible for tax credits to help pay for it.
"So today both Rod and Sarah are covered through a silver plan with lower premiums than the plan that only covered Rod if the worst happened."
These are just two of the over 450,000 and counting Washingtonians who have enrolled using Washington Healthplanfinder, and 4 million people across the country with the new ACA Exchanges that will get covered.
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