Sorry, Barack, but many health insurance companies will deny you service just because it doesn’t fit their bottom dollar. Luckily I’m a federal employee and have excellent coverage but sometimes trying to get certain tests/scans can be tiresome explaining to them why it needs to be done.
Lovely Jane , speaks with her ❤️ .. CAN YOU HEAR HER? Trump is after the ACA , he told people/changed his mind etc..CANNOT BE TRUSTED..you know so ! You maybe obliged not to interfere in policies as past president but you have no choice not to.It’s Jane’s, yours and your kids future at stake now 🆘🇺🇸🆘
The ACA also allowed me to get training in Clinical Informatics to gain knowledge to help deploy electronic medical records in my rural hospital. The ACA helped the uninsured, the under insured and in addition resources to improve our healthcare infrastructure.
I miss you terribly, from the moment you and your family left the WH. Life for us will never be the same. Your legacy lives on to encourage us to live better and not lose hope. If I ever have the privilege of meeting with you in person, it will be a goal fulfilled. I may not even be able to speak 😻
Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats for passing the Affordable Care Act. It makes a difference in my life and the lives of the American people.
Thank you, President Obama, for featuring my story as a survivor of colon and breast cancer. Your appreciation and support means a lot to me. #AffordableCareAct #ProtectOurCare
Doesn't really matter when they're getting rid of healthcare. Maybe go do a rally and denounce what trump is doing. Maybe do something at all idk. You seem complicit at this point smfh
actually breast cancer and colon cancer research is funded and advanced by the NIH which has been gutted and defunded and after a judge ordered restoration of that funding, the lawless Administration continued anyway. So if we care about cancer we should be talking about the NIH not the ACA
Are you and the other Presidents preparing to lead the American people in the second civil war? Trump clearly wants to destroy the constitution of America and our allies so he can become a dictator It will be up to you and other presidents and military leaders to stop him
That's Awesome! If only Obama could've stayed in office for 8 more years (at least)! By far the best President this country has ever had! Obama & Clinton will always be my favorites! 🤗
What we see here is not only that DonnaMarie has personally benefited from the ACA, but by sharing her story, she is giving hope to so many others suffering from these horrible diseases. You must be proud knowing the benefits of your signature program go far beyond simply improving healthcare.
It’s really lovely message and lovely story 💫👌❤️Super well done to ACA and DonnaMarie.. but how many more DonnaMaries will you help when DT changes the Law in 🇺🇸? And they will ..THINK LIKE THEM not like YOU ..What would you do if you were Trump &Co ? You would change the Law not to get kicked out !
I had two unrelated cancers, thyroid that had already moved to my lymph nodes and 2 years later, kidney. They took out one kidney and then discovered the other didn't work well so now I have stage 3 CKD. The ACA saved my life. Thank you President Obama!
My 23 yr old daughter was just diagnosed with type I diabetes last year. Thanks to the ACA she can be on my insurance a bit longer and now she has a major preexisting condition. I’m freaking out because I know the GOP and the dictator are going to destroy it.
Thank you for highlighting how ACA saves cancer patients lives. I’m a Canadian celebrating three years here surviving stage 4 cancer and have been worrying about my American friends. I have a friend in Iowa with MS who is at risk now having to see how to pay for a root canal, pay rent, food at 69.
My daughter has been in the hospital for over 2 weeks. If it wasn't for the ACA provision that limits the total annual out of pocket expenses, we would be facing well over $100,000 in medical expense. Thank you!
Welcome Mr President, and you are right to not comment the present hairbrained governement. Sometimes just ignoring and acting are the best ways of moving forward.
Plu they'd lash back, an uneeded waste of energy for all those who have the defense of a democracy at stake.
Could you please denounce Trump/ICE for disappearing people? Could you help lead the fight to find out where they are? Will you join one of the Hands Off rallies on April 5th? Thanks for the ACA, but please share what you're doing now.
hey bud how do you feel about living in a fascist country now? just curious because you haven't really said anything and you usually are pretty outspoken (if mealy mouthed) and we kinda want to know where you're at with all of this
The ex-Presidents decided amongst themselves beforehand which of them would get the shit duty of having to babysit Trump. Obama drew the short straw. That's all this is.
You can't judge a man's entire character and political career based on one conversation in a church. Especially when you have no idea what was being said.
The ACA absolutely saved my life!!!
I remember being on a waitlist for state insurance under the Bush administration, and it absolutely kept me from becoming independent.
I've been completely off all state assistance for over 10 YEARS,
and I absolutely could not have done it without the ACA!!!
We need you to speak out against this fascist takeover of our country. No more time for niceties or tradition. Are you liking what’s happened to your country? Please help.
Bro stfu and do something about what is going on. It was bad enough you let citizens united pass which got us here, but now you're MIA until you come here to brag about your Healthcare act they're getting rid of. DO SOMETHING YOU USELESS OLD MAN.
great, but right now the 1st Amendment, the 14th amendment, and basically the rule of law are under attack so maybe celebrating the ACA isn't as imp when actual green card holders can be deported and the NIH can be illegally gutted and Judges' orders can be ignored
Oh but that’s not his problem, apparently 😢 so disappointed & so mad at myself for feeling anything about his reaction. I remember standing in the inner city high school library where I taught with tears in my eyes watching his inauguration with such hope. Now here we are and it’s all just… on us.
Legitimate criticism. But, I would caution people from being distracted into spending time & energy on the left’s favorite passtime of the circular firing squad.
He's celebrating the 15th Anniversary and it should be celebrated.
Most important is the fact it covers pre-existing conditions. Nothing worse than being denied because you had to change insurance companies.
You are right about the others and it's time we "Do Something"
We need you right now Mr. President. As a constitutional scholar, Please speak out against the abuses and legal overreaches of the Trump administration.
Him advocating the ACA is probably the better move.
Remember, a massive part of America feels Obama is the “Anti-Christ”. If he advocates for resistance, they will view it as proof they’re on the right track.
Him focusing on ACA, allows him to advocate for something he’s already synonymous with.
This is part of a smart multifaceted approach. Some people protest; some people inspire. If he were to engage directly, he’d incite Trump. This kind of subtle inspiration is helpful too. AOC is fighting! 💙Obama’s approach is positive inspiration. We need all kinds of resistance.
Sectors of the left suffer from severe issue-bundling. If you care about one issue, they will shout at you: HOW DARE YOU NOT CARE FOR ALL THESE OTHER ISSUES!!!!!!!!
68K people die from lack of healthcare annually, and that statistic is from before the pandemic started. Most people can't afford to go to the doctor. We're seeing record suicides, homelessness, and personal debt. The idea that this society is doing anything to keep people alive is laughable.
Agree it's a more immediate fight, but not an either or situation. We must be united in supporting each others' fight as we each fight for what's most immediate for ourselves. I only have insurance bcuz of ACA. None of us can fight fascism if we're too sick or dead. #unitedwestand
It's shocking and greatly disheartening that (1) Columbia University is cooperating with ICE/bending the knee and (2) the access to and integration of computer systems and records means that it is much faster to remove protections.
Mr. President, what do you mean by "everything going on right now"? If there is something important happening now, shouldn't you be speaking out about it? Or do you only speak out against issues that matter directly to you, like your (tepid) legislative legacy?
Are you and the other Presidents preparing to lead the American people in the second civil war? Trump clearly wants to destroy the constitution of America and our allies so he can become a dictator It will be up to you and other presidents and military leaders to stop him
I was aghast that you opened your mouth against Scottish independence, despite U.S. having gained independence. A selfish move to keep American nuclear arms in Scotland, U suspect. Yet you are very quiet about the Nazi takeover of your country.
The cost of healthcare insurance through private profit-making companies is a huge burden on society. And Brian Thompson paid for that burden with his life. Locking up one murderer will change nothing.
Frankly, for many, many Americans the ACA was only affordable the 1st year or two. (1st yr we saved $5k) Then it grew exorbitantly expensive—we pay an equivalent to a down payment on a red state home, annually, for bronze level coverage. That’s not affordability! The felon will only increase cost!
He is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ! Great story from Martin 💫.. but hear him ! He is Afraid the ACA will be overturned .. Mr Obama you must know this ! I am not an American. I lived in authoritarian regime and The Care Sucks ! Life is short there and only the privileged get help. Martin might not be ..
This seems really tone deaf to post when the Trump regime is sending legal US residents to prisons in El Salvador. Personally, I wake up every morning in a panic that my son with severe special needs won’t have access to special education or social security disability.
Please read the room Mr. President. Or at least the comments in this thread. We’re now living under an authoritarian regime where Trump is simply refusing to fund the ACA.
Cancer screenings, vaccinations, well child visits, maternal health visits - all covered under the ACA. No lifetime max and no pre existing conditions limitations- all under the ACA. Coverage for children to the age of 26. All the protections under the ACA.
MY QUESTION: WHAT IN THE HELL IS THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP PLAN TO COMBAT AN ALL OUT ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY BY THIS CONVICTED RAPING FELON TRAITOR TO OUR COUNTRY????!!!!!! THE TONE DEAFNESS OF EVERYONE IN THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP ROLES IS STAGGERING TO ALL OF US...
Living 75 miles from Hurricane Ian's landfall in Fort Myers, Florida caused my heart attack. If it were not for the ACA, I dread what the treatment quality would have been for an uninsured 62-year-old woman during a natural catastrophe.
What a great day to come to bluer skies! So happy to see you and your legacy. Having worked in healthcare for almost 20 years, ACA saved lives, saved my womb from Catholic healthcare.
Back in 2022, if not for my ACA insurance, I would've never made that clinic visit that ended up catching an escalating life-threatening condition. ACA literally saved my life. Thank you, Obama!
The ACA saved my life and the life of my son who was paralyzed from the neck down. I honestly am so very very grateful for the Affordable Care Act! Thanks President Obama. We will be forever grateful. #ACASavedMyLife
As a small business owner since ‘03, I know the marketplace for insurance till the passage of the ACA was miserable. Few options, high cost, poor coverage. The ACA changed all of that. I as current cancer patient, without the ACA, my family would be at risk of losing our home, our biz, and future.
I am sorry about your illness. But How much are they paying you for this? What campaign is this? It’s all so transparently orchestrated that it seems meaningless.
I’ve posted before, but I’ll try and repeat. I also have cancer (terminal) but I feel so lucky that I live in the UK so I don’t have to worry about the horrendous cost of cancer care. I feel for you and truly hope you get the care you need.
Good Luck
My family lost their home because of an insurance company.
I was able to take my husband to Dublin, Ireland (because of my dad and a job) where there’s universal healthcare.
He died of bladder cancer in 2006.
Unbelievably my mother had bladder cancer also and lived.
Dennis - the small business I worked for after retirement in my red state every single employee was on ACA since she didn’t offer insurance.. including the owner who like yourself had pre-existing conditions.. Only ACA & Medicare/Medicaid do not allow insurance companies to deny coverage.
Love this story! The ACA made it possible for me to start my own business after an unexpected job loss. Now I am healthy, financially stable, and happy to pay my fair share of taxes to keep the ACA in place for everyone. Thank you, President Obama!
Glad you joined Barack.
What took you so long?
Time to take the fight to Donny and his drug fuelled ATM.
They've been spreading nonsense about you and Jennifer Aniston.
Probably couldn't find nothing else.
No affair....no nude pics... nothing.
That's all fantastic and we love you and the ACA --- but we need you to do more than clap for ACA today and going forward. We know you love this democracy. Speak out. Do everything you can to help us fight the destruction and the hate. Hold a rally. Come into the streets with us. We need you. 🙏
This is our story, too! Our family was able to get coverage with the ACA when my husband started his own business. I don’t know what we would have done without the ACA.
As a former president who knows the ins & outs of that position - a person who is highly regarded by millions as a leader - he should speak up about the fascist takeover (WHY isn’t he?). His voice still holds power; he can give insight & hope in a time of fear, heartbreak, & hopelessness for many.
During Harris's run, Obama did everything he could to help motivate people to vote. We have no idea what's going on behind the scenes. It may be in his best interest, and ours, for him to keep his mouth shut (for now). Trump will probably revoke his security detail, like he's done to the others.
The people feel helpless in this world of chaos. They apparently want Obama to do something to fix it. He is a private citizen who can’t do any more than you or I. This is the fight of the people. Only we can save ourselves.
As a former president who knows the ins & outs of that position - a person who is highly regarded by millions as a leader - he should speak up about the fascist takeover (WHY isn’t he?). His voice still holds power; he can give insight & hope in a time of fear, heartbreak, & hopelessness for many.
People need to take a step back and realize that he's also only one person. And human. And let him know he's welcome.
Guess they've never heard the saying, "you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
I wouldn't blame him if he didn't post again.
No surprise that Project 2025 eliminated DOE! They told us! Trump WILL NOT leave the White House! He told us! Marshall Law WILL BE enacted! He told us! He WILL NOT follow any ct. order ! HE told us! Only the people who voted for him, feel the pain, will this end! Bernie,AOC IS telling them! Listen!
For years, the best advice for artists and artisans has been “don’t quit your day job”, or “move to Canada”. No matter how wildly successful you were as a musician, potter, painter, sculptor, actor, before ACA you were one bad mammogram away from losing everything. Our culture is richer for ACA.
The ACA allowed me to retire at 63; otherwise I couldn’t have afforded health insurance coverage. With the ACA, my monthly bill for health insurance was less than $90.
I was diagnosed in 2013 with stage 3 breast cancer. I had just applied for the ACA and it covered my treatments of radiation and chemotherapy and numerous surgeries. Thank you President Obama and the ACA for saving my life. 💕
People need to be aware that this is relevant to more than the people who get their insurance from the ACA Exchange. Tens of millions of us with pre-existing conditions who have had medical insurance through our employers have benefited from from this.
The ACA kept 3 family members from losing our mental health care, a fourth was treated for heart issues, and my TRANS-DAUGHTER received her gender affirming dignostically-appropriate medical care which both gave her HERSELF and PREVENTED SUICIDE.
Thank you Mr.President, you saved my family ❤️❤️❤️
oh, should have added, the ACA kept me from being denied care for a pre-existing condition of breast cancer treatment without which my chances of dying would have risen drastically. Folks, never forget that one protection keeps hundreds of thousands insured; previously we would have been denied care
eliminating the 'denial because of pre-existing condition' SAVED ALL OF US during covid; can you imagine going through the past 5 years of a pandemic without insurance *because you lost your job because you only barely survived covid in the ICU? or were disabled by covid?* what a nightmare!
No, they can just continually increase premiums and suck the rest of public money to subsidize the exorbitant cost of insurance; denials still occur, healthcare is largely unavailable to many, and the US continues to be an embarrassment in comparison to countries that have universal care.
Comments
The ACA is just a law. it needs rule of law to survive
(that's kind of a problem right now)
Elon firing skilled DC workers. Trump defunding Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Hegseth firing Black military.
They're hitting sources of Black middle class wealth to further subjugate.
🤷♀️🤬🤦♀️😵😤
Attend your local event on April 5th! Fight for our freedoms the right way, with non-violent protests and with your wallet!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/22/trump-administration-authoritarianism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Where are you,
are you the opposition to Trump!?
NO ONE in Europe
can understand such patheticness!
Elon firing skilled DC workers. Trump defunding Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Hegseth firing Black military.
They're hitting sources of Black middle class wealth to further subjugate.
America
I was 62, too young for Medicare, but the definitely ACA saved my life and our savings.
These are just some of the many stories of people who’ve shared how the ACA made a difference in their lives.
Plu they'd lash back, an uneeded waste of energy for all those who have the defense of a democracy at stake.
A quote from the Simpsons .
I remember being on a waitlist for state insurance under the Bush administration, and it absolutely kept me from becoming independent.
I've been completely off all state assistance for over 10 YEARS,
and I absolutely could not have done it without the ACA!!!
We sure do miss you and your intellect!!
here's a story about Hawaii
Who's the one complaining about Obama's role in this exchange, exactly?
Don't give up. Get involved. Resist. Inspiration and hope is needed now more than ever.
Encourage everyone to get more involved ✔️
Focus time & energy on resisting Trump.
Stay united against Trump.
RESIST NOW. Our actions MATTER.
Our future depends upon what we do NOW.
Don’t give up hope, RESIST.
But he's making fast progress, and Vance and M.Johnson are on board.
The game changer was using Musk, with DOGE plus he allegedly fixed the vote.
Most important is the fact it covers pre-existing conditions. Nothing worse than being denied because you had to change insurance companies.
You are right about the others and it's time we "Do Something"
Remember, a massive part of America feels Obama is the “Anti-Christ”. If he advocates for resistance, they will view it as proof they’re on the right track.
Him focusing on ACA, allows him to advocate for something he’s already synonymous with.
"My issue is red hot. Your issue ain't doodly squat."
taking a victory lap is definitely part of the Democratic Party's Unhelpful Wing tho
We all see your willful obtuseness, dude.
But why on earth would anyone think that the ACA is safe?
You explode the foundation, everything built on it crumbles.
That's why you vote against Nazis instead of shitting on their opposition, champ.
The current administration is working to delete everything that has government spending, so they can raid the bank.
And changing history/records of history.
And DOGE has all records (Big Brother is watching).
https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-columbia-student-ranjani-srinivasan-after-fleeing-the-united-states-to-canada/
It's shocking and greatly disheartening that (1) Columbia University is cooperating with ICE/bending the knee and (2) the access to and integration of computer systems and records means that it is much faster to remove protections.
ICE is going after the most vulnerable first.
Attend your local event on April 5th! Fight for our freedoms the right way, with non-violent protests and with your wallet!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/22/trump-administration-authoritarianism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Feel like commenting on the situation or nah?
Elon firing skilled DC workers. Trump defunding Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Hegseth firing Black military.
They're hitting sources of Black middle class wealth to further subjugate.
If red hatted guys were starting disgusting rumors about my wife , I would be doxxing all of them .
Every one of them would be pelted with a small potato .
Welcome. ☺️🙏☀️🌏
https://bsky.app/profile/coloradocitizen.bsky.social/post/3lld4s33quc2k
https://www.today.com/parents/girl-7-sells-lemonade-help-pay-brain-surgery-t210529
Lemonade for Liza - Zest for Life w/ Brain Surgery
https://www.mightycause.com/story/Lemonadeforliza
Charging patients just $10 more for medications leads to more deaths
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22276166/us-health-insurance-out-of-pocket-costs-research
https://x.com/JohnArnoldFndtn/status/1428704810195369989
Look at what Australia is doing compared to the United States and Canada.
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly
Some have better vaccine access:
https://networkhealth.com/grow-in-the-know/2023/03/does-medicare-pay-for-the-shingles-vaccine-shot
"now available to anyone with a Medicare Part D plan or Medicare Advantage plan with drug coverage at no cost"
eg. Lin-Manuel Miranda
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lin-manuel-miranda-suffering-from-shingles/2058809/
Justin Bieber
https://www.today.com/health/news/justin-bieber-shares-update-facial-mobility-ramsay-hunt-syndrome-diagn-rcna75210
Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiencies Associated With Severe Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/73/9/e2705/5898290
Thank you for this gift.
Love & light✨ to you and your gorgeous family.
25 years old diagnosed with liver cancer and died a few years later because the insurance companies determined he'd gotten it as a child
He was able to stay alive 1 more year, the trial drug was approved in Canada but not here
Good Luck
I was able to take my husband to Dublin, Ireland (because of my dad and a job) where there’s universal healthcare.
He died of bladder cancer in 2006.
Unbelievably my mother had bladder cancer also and lived.
Ireland 🇮🇪
was (and is) the most incredible country.
It gave my family extra time we would not have had together.
Trump is truly to rip up ACA, Medicaid, SSA, because it’s cheaper to kill people than keep them alive.
We have to face facts.
What took you so long?
Time to take the fight to Donny and his drug fuelled ATM.
They've been spreading nonsense about you and Jennifer Aniston.
Probably couldn't find nothing else.
No affair....no nude pics... nothing.
Just some advice as you navigate this platform……
We thank you, Obama!💙💙
Guess they've never heard the saying, "you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
I wouldn't blame him if he didn't post again.
Medicare covered a second surgery almost entirely in full.
Thank you Mr.President, you saved my family ❤️❤️❤️