While the representative from my district did not vote for better health care for every North Carolinian, I appreciate Reps. G.K. Butterfield, David Price, Mel Watts and others, who did.
I'm a downsized 59-year-old who has tried and failed to find affordable health-care insurance and I'm convinced there is currently no such thing. Like others, I haven't had perfect health all my life, so insurance companies punish me for that. Either they refuse to cover me, or they charge me so much I have to gamble without insurance.
The House plan is good for me. It limits how much insurance companies can charge older people -- no more than two times what they charge younger individuals. It says I can't be turned down because I was sick a few times and I can't be dropped if I do get ill. If I can't afford insurance, there's help to make it affordable. That's helpful when you're not working.
I'm grateful the House health-care plan passed, but I know the fight isn't over. I'm proud to be one of millions of AARP members who will continue to work with Reps. Butterfield, Price, Watts and other members of Congress to ensure the final health-care bill means people like me can find affordable insurance.
CINDY DUNNE
Walnut Cove
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