An emotional anti-ACA ad from a cancer patient is the newest example of how low Americans for Prosperity will sink when it comes to attacking the Affordable Care Act.

At worst, under the ACA, this woman will pay $2. more per year in out of pocket cost. Her monthly premiums have been cut in half, she gets to keep her doctors…so what is the real issue here?

At best, if she goes into remission (which I sincerely hope she does) , she will save a lot of money in the out years and she can no longer be cancelled at the Insurer’s whim.

I am afraid we will see more and more of these outright deceptive ads in 2014. Democrats must be vigilant in exposing this. They must be called out every time until it is no longer politically advantageous for them to continue with their lies.

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First of all, many viewers might think Boonstra lost her doctor, as she mentions her “wonderful doctor” and then says her plan was canceled. But AFP confirms that she was able to find a plan, via Blue Cross Blue Shield, that had her doctor in its network.

Local news reports recount that Boonstra, like many Americans, initially had trouble getting a plan because of the botched launch of healthcare.gov. No doubt that was a difficult experience. She then was invited by her local member of Congress to attend the State of the Union address and participated in a Republican National Committee news conference that highlighted problems with Obamacare’s stumbling launch.

At that news conference, Boonstra said, “I’m paying a higher cost now as far as out of pocket costs and the coverage is just not the same.” But in the new ad she says “the out-of-pocket costs are so high, it’s unaffordable.”

The claim that the costs are now “unaffordable” appeared odd because, under Obamacare, there is an out-of-pocket maximum of $6,350 for an individual plan, after which the insurance plan pays 100 percent of covered benefits. The Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Michigan that appear to match Boonstra’s plan, as described in local news reports, all have that limit.

Meanwhile, Boonstra told the Detroit News that her monthly premiums were cut in half, from $1,100 a month to $571. That’s a savings of $529 a month. Over the course of a year, the premium savings amounts to $6,348—just two dollars shy of the out-of-pocket maximum.
We were unable to reach Boonstra, but on the fact of it, the premium savings appear to match whatever out-of-pocket costs she now faces.

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