Whitney Johnson, an Arlington 26-year-old with multiple sclerosis, can’t afford to go without health insurance.
Her life depends on it.
She gave birth to her first child Sept. 2 after undergoing a series of rigorous steroid treatments, surgeries and a plasma exchange that saved her life.
She pays $325 a month for an individual insurance plan — a drop in the bucket compared with the cost of her plasma protein replacement therapy, which runs $40,000 a pop.
She undergoes treatment every five weeks.
But now, with the Affordable Care Act in full swing, Johnson’s insurance is under threat.
She recently received a letter that said her insurance plan will be canceled Jan. 1 because it does not comply with the federal healthcare law, also known as Obamacare.
The insurance company told her that it was pulling out of Texas.
She said she can’t afford to go on her husband’s plan because it would triple the family’s monthly premium. And she has been unable to access the federal health exchange website, which has been hampered by technical problems.
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