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Why we are thankful ObamaCare – will
it survive?
“Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.” – Edward Sandford Martin
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, many people are reflecting on what they are especially thankful for in their lives this year. Here’s how some of our readers responded when we asked what they were thankful for – and as always, we welcome even more responses. ••••• “I am thankful that our daughter Caroline made it home safely after spending seven months in Thailand and traveling around Asia on a study abroad program.” Diana Macklin Oak Ridge
“(I am thankful) for my new baby sister, Kylie, and our new puppy, Toby.” Gaige Pearson, 5 Stokesdale “My husband and I will always be grateful for the Stokesdale Fire Department and EMTs. On April 6 our son had his second heart procedure to correct his SVT. Four days after that procedure, he experienced a very serious SVT episode. “I called 911 and the SFD came to his rescue. We had half a dozen firefight-
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Readers weigh in on the past and present impact ObamaCare has had on their lives and businesses, and what they anticipate will happen in 2017
Figures published on obamacarefacts.com indicate that over 9 million Americans receive health insurance through ObamaCare’s Health Insurance Marketplace. Of these, in 2015, one in six reportedly got a health insurance plan for $100 or less and 87 percent received cost-sharing subsidies from the government to help pay their health care premiums.
Along with the numbers of people who now have health insurance for the by PATTI STOKES first time through the Marketplace and The Affordable Health Care Act, the provision of government subsidies, commonly known as ObamaCare, many who already had and paid for the was signed into law by President full cost of health insurance coverage Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 say they are facing dramatic increases and designed to be phased in over five in their premiums, with more increases years. A recent Gallup poll estimates on the horizon for 2017. that up to 4 percent of Americans ...continued on p. 2 have been able to purchase health insurance for the first time thanks to the legislation, which seeks to give more Americans access to affordable health insurance and to reduce the growth in News in Brief .............................. 3 U.S. health care spending. Your Questions .......................... 4 Youth News................................ 8 Bits & Pieces .............................10 NWO Real Estate ......................11 Enough to go around ..............13 Real Estate Briefs......................15 Real Estate Transactions .........19 Photo by Patti Stokes Student-Athlete Profiles .... 20, 22 Members of U.S. Marines Detachment Northern Playoff Preview .........21 1314 presented the colors at the 11th NWHS Playoff Preview ............ 23 annual Veterans Day ceremony held at Community Calendar ............ 24 the Veterans Monument in Stokesdale on Grins & Gripes ......................... 25 Nov. 11. Crime/Incident Report ........... 26 See more photos from recent Classifieds ................................27 Index of Advertisers ................31 community events on p. 10.
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