Woman suing Obamacare exchange-dies

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Just to answer the question on whether she had insurance before applying through the exchange or not.

Rolain faced a life-threatening illness and couldn’t afford insurance in the private market. That made her a prime candidate for the Affordable Care Act. In the fall, doctors told Linda Rolain she had a brain tumor, a diagnosis she paid for with a credit card.

Woman dies after waiting months for operation through Nevada?s Silver State Exchange - Las Vegas Sun News

 

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OP_ Sounds like the problem was the corporation that screwed up the exchange and Xerox...

 

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BTW she could have skipped the exchange. This whole story is bs...

 

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Linda Rolain's enrollment troubles kept her from treatment in January for an aggressive brain tumor, has died.

Woman in class-action lawsuit against Xerox dies | Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rolain’s husband, Robert, said the couple began trying to sign up in November, well ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline for January coverage. After wrestling with repeated sign-up problems, the Rolains bought a plan that took effect in March. But they said Xerox staffers miscommunicated the policy’s effective date, so they didn’t know until May that they had coverage.

Linda Rolain was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in early 2014, after a seizure in late 2013. Robert Rolain said in a June 19 news conference at the downtown Las Vegas offices of Callister, Immerman and Associates that his wife’s care was delayed for months because of their insurance troubles.

Robert Rolain alleges his wife’s tumor went from treatable in winter to fatal in spring as the couple fought for coverage.

Linda Rolain was admitted to hospice care in early June.

This is SOCIALISM.. Take a good look.

Stories like these occur all the time in Canada and the UK. A majority of Canadians claim they are happy with their healthcare system, but that's only because they haven't really needed it. When they do, they find their life is threatened by the healthcare bureaucracy.

You can say the same thing about the American health care system. In fact, anyone who has dealt with the outrageous costs of health care in this country knows it's a terrible system.

BTW, People in Canada like their system because they get the care they need at a good price and have better health care outcomes because they aren't afraid to go to the doctor and get a bankrupting bill. Not true in America.