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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 campaigns 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 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