The Story of a Family Saved by Obamacare
FOX (Phoenix) | March 22, 2011
Vodpod videos no longer available.PHOENIX – This week marks the one year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, known by many as Obamacare. We talked to a family in the valley who has reaped a benefit from this law, which has had a polarizing effect on the country.
Lauren Byrd and twin brother Kyle are, in many ways, just your typical preschoolers. Cute, curious and full of energy — except they have a rare, and expensive condition.
“Their brains work fine, they’re just trapped in a body that doesn’t work,” says dad Chris Byrd.
“They can’t spend their energy going through the sandbox on their own, they are stuck sort of sitting around observing the world, that’s where they get all their charm from,” says mom Cassandra Byrd.
Spinal muscular atrophy is the disability that makes life a little more difficult for Chris and Cassandra, and the financial costs of this condition can be astronomical.
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