Repealing the Affordable Care Act will kill more than 43,000 people annually

[Aegon]

I found out today that I'm more or less a month away from Stage 5 CKD. I'll have to get dialysis treatments and file the paperwork to get on the transplant list. So, sorry if I don't approach this topic with pure logic; it's very personal to me.

You have my sympathies. Have your MD's talked to you about medicare eligibility for ESRD?

https://www.medicareresources.org/blog/2...-patients/

I'm somewhat aware of this. I'm still young (turning 22 tomorrow), so I've really only begun to educate myself about my insurance in the last year that I've been treated for it. I'm still thoroughly confused by a lot of it. I was under my father's insurance, but unfortunately it was not the best plan and it didn't cover a lot, but coverage was expanded under the ACA. I was able to receive certain medications for $5 when at one point they cost $100+, so says my doctors. However, I also live in NY, one of the states that expanded Medicaid. And if one of the replacement plans that's been circling the news (the one that allows states to keep the ACA if they so desire) passes, then I'm sure NY will keep it. 

It's all very overwhelming and it just ticks me off that I need to worry about it at all. Our system should not be like this. And there are people like me, with different conditions, in different states, who are in a much worse position. They should not have to worry either.