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<\/a><\/p>\nAt Paul Ryan\u2019s Town Hall on Thursday night, a former Republican named Jeff Jeans who worked on the Reagan and Bush s confronted Paul Ryan on Obamacare repeal and said that thanks to the Affordable Care Act he\u2019s alive,\u00a0and thanked President Obama for saving his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank President Obama from the bottom<\/a> of my heart, because I would be dead if it weren\u2019t for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Jeans had a curable form of cancer but was given six months to live<\/a> if he didn\u2019t seek treatment.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy would you repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement?\u201d, Jeans asked Ryan.<\/p>\n Ryan claimed that the Republicans do have an adequate replacement in the form of \u201chigh-risk pools.\u201d<\/p>\n Writes Think Progress<\/a>: \u201cThe problem<\/a> with high-risk pools is that Republicans don\u2019t seem willing to spend enough money on them<\/a> to ensure they\u2019ll truly cover the millions of people with pre-existing health conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s more<\/a> on why high-risk pools won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n Watch:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Former Republican Confronts Paul Ryan on Obamacare Repeal, Thanks Obama for Saving His Life: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n