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 you how are you handling the payments the costs you re incurring now in these treatments when you don t have any insurance? well, it s believe me, it s beyond terrifying. i try not to think about it right now, but it is terrifying.
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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 faced with this emergency, suddenly faced with the fight of her life. she expects to face more than a month of aggressive chemotherapy.
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 the rally reporter: what would the bill do for natoma? what would have happened is natoma would have been able to be part of this exchange, this marketplace that gave her a