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Phone. natoma, good evening. i'm glad you could join us. >> hi. >> first, how are you feeling? >> better now. >> does it help when the president comes to your state and to your town, taking up your cause, of all the visitors you could have figuratively, that must have been pretty important. >> oh, it's just amazing. >> when you sent your letter to the president, knowing, as i'm sure you do, that he gets thousands and thousands of letters a day, what was your biggest hope of what would happen to that letter? >> really just that i would be accounted for somewhere in statistics. >> and how are yo...

Ceos, but i thought it was important for them to understand the human dimensions of this problem. her rates have been hiked more than 40%. this was less than two weeks. unfortunately natoma's worst fears were realized. just last week she was working on a nearby farm, walking outside, apparently chasing after a cow, when she collapsed. she was rushed to the hospital. she was very sick. she needed two blood transfusions, doctors performed a battery of tests. on saturday, natoma was diagnosed with leukemia. the reason natoma is not here today is because she's lying in a hospital bed, suddenly fac...

Chemotherapy. she's wracked with worry not only about her illness, but about the costs of the tests and treatments she surely will need to beat it. so you want to know why i'm here, ohio? i'm here because of natoma. i'm here because of the countless others who have been forced to face the most terrifying challenges in their lives with the added burden of medical bills they can't pay. i don't think that's right. neither do you. that's why we need health insurance right now. health insurance reform right now. jake tapper of abc news caught up with president obama with the key question after th...

Pretty surprised when she found out that i had read it to these ceos, but i thought it was important for them to understand the human dimensions of this probl problem. her rates have been hiked more than 40%. this was less than two weeks. unfortunately natoma's worst fears were realized. just last week she was working on a nearby farm, walking outside, apparently chasing after a cow, when she collapsed. she was rushed to the hospital. she was very sick. she needed two blood transfusions, doctors performed a battery of tests. on saturday, natoma was diagnosed with leukemia. the reason natoma is...

That had been jacked up by 40%, she couldn't make her mortgage. and despite her desire to keep her coverage, despite her fears that she would get sick and lose the home that her parents built, she finally surrendered, finally gave up her health insurance. she stopped paying it. she couldn't make ends meet. so january was her last month of being insured. like so many responsible americans, folks who work hard every day, who try to do the right thing, she was forced to hang her fortunes on chance, just to take a chance. that's all she could do. she hoped against hope she would stay healthy. she ...