Meet Brent Brown from Mosinee, Wisconsin. He never voted for President Obama, but in June, he wrote to the President thanking him for saving his life.
President Obama is traveling to Wisconsin today to talk with Americans like Brent who were able to sign up for health coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The city of Milwaukee won the President’s Healthy Communities Challenge by signing up 89,000 people for health coverage.
Check out Brent’s letter to the President, and follow along today as President Obama visits Wisconsin:
I sincerely hope that this reaches you, as far too often praise is hard to come by. Apologies to people who deserve it perhaps even less so.
I did not vote for you. Either time. I have voted Republican for the entirety of my life.
I proudly wore pins and planted banners displaying my Republican loyalty. I was very vocal in my opposition to you–particularly the ACA.
Before I briefly explain my story allow me to first say this: I am so very sorry. I understand written content cannot convey emotions very well–but my level of conviction has me in tears as I write this. I was so very wrong. So very very wrong.
You saved my life. I want that to sink into your ears and mind. My President, you saved my life, and I am eternally grateful.
I have a ‘pre-existing condition’ and so could never purchase health insurance. Only after the ACA came into being could I be covered. Put simply to not take up too much of your time if you are in fact taking the time to read this: I would not be alive without access to care I received due to your law.
So thank you from a dumb young man who thought he knew it all and who said things about you that he now regrets. Thank you for serving me even when I didn’t vote for you.
Thank you for being my President.
Honored to have lived under your leadership and guidance,
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