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Here’s What Life Was Like Before the Affordable Care Act

From Aubrey Hirsch, It Could Be Much, Much Worse, an illustrated guide to what health care and insurance was like in the US before the ACA.

Many plans excluded coverage for things like prescription drugs, lab work, and preventative care like vaccines and mammograms.

Or, an insurance company could attach a rider to your plan laying out which conditions they would refuse to cover.

You can also find this guide on Instagram.

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Jeremiads

Americans should have at least the ACA. In my view you actually deserve more. And now is the time to reorient things to make that happen. People are rooting for you to do that.

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