Has anyone noticed that Obamacare hasn’t been in the news lately? I, for one, still have a lot of unanswered questions. In a time where cancer rates are increasing dramatically the American people still don’t know if Obamacare has made cancer treatment available to all. According to the American Cancer Society, 1,600 persons die from cancer per day. Most of those deaths could be prevented if Obamacare covered cancer treatment for all. Does it?

In a recent study, cancer centers were shown to turn away those who cannot afford to pay for their treatments or do not have the right insurance. People should not die because of the one thing they cannot take with them after this life: Money.

My own mother recently passed away due to cancer. Can you imagine someone you love dearly such as a mother, wife or sibling suffer in such awful pain? Can you imagine the guilt of not being able to save someone because of lack of funds? Time passes quickly, and days with sick loved ones must be cherished. A minute more is worth far more than we realize. Obamacare was sold to us on a promise of many more such minutes. So far, I haven’t seen them.

– Alicia Monterroso, Provo

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