Patients on the Affordable Care Act
How a caring mom, a Tea Partier, and a young woman who chose to go without insurance view health reform
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The caring mom
Maureen Casey, 44, is a stay-at-home mother of three in Phoenix. Her middle child, Declan, has a rare genetic disorder that has required multiple surgeries.
Our son was born in 1998 with a rare condition known as arthrogryposis multiplex congenita distal type 1, which occurs once in 30,000 births. That means his joints are contracted, so his muscles didn’t develop properly in utero. The doctors told us he would not be able to walk, he would not be able to feed himself.