But that, he said, was before he was diagnosed with a “very curable cancer” and told that, if left untreated, he had perhaps six weeks to live. “Being both a small-business person and someone with preexisting conditions, I rely on the Affordable Care Act to be able to purchase my own insurance,” Jeans said. “Why would you repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement?”Ryan went for the human touch. “We want more choices, lower prices, more competition, no monopolies,” Ryan told Jeans. Jeans simply told Ryan that he has a few ideas he'd like to discuss at the right time.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2017 14:03 UTC