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Watch: The Affordable Care Act saved my life

Sarah Sculley of Philadelphia was diagnosed with a genetic mutation that drastically increases a person’s likelihood of developing breast and ovarian cancer, along with other forms of cancer. With health care coverage through the ACA, she said she was able to formulate a plan with medical experts to increase my chance of survival and maybe even prevent these cancers entirely.

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Watch: Opponents of universal health care ‘are seriously lacking in empathy’

“It was like a godsend.”

Those are the words of Lynn Weidner of Allentown, explaining the impact that the Affordable Care Act—signed into law 16 years ago on March 23, 2010—has had on her life.

Go to the link below to learn more about how being able to obtain insurance through an ACA marketplace helped Weidner, and how nearly 85,000 Pennsylvanians previously enrolled in the state’s ACA marketplace plan, Pennie, have dropped their coverage due to rising premiums.

Learn more: https://keystonenewsroom.com/2026/03/23/i-would-be-dead-without-it-what-the-aca-still-means-16-years-later/

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