Obama Touts Jessica Sanford in Washington State, Who Was Able To Buy Cheap Insurance

OBAMA: "Every day women are finally buying coverage that doesn't charge them higher premiums than men for the same care. Every day people are discovering that new health insurance plans have cover maternity care, mental health care, free preventive care. You just heard Janice's story. She owns her own small business. She recently became the first woman to enroll in coverage through Delaware's exchange. And it's true, it took her a few tries. But it was worth it. After being turned down for insurance three times due to minor pre-existing conditions. So now she'll be covered. She'll save $150 a month and she won't have to worry that one illness or accident will cost her her business that she's worked so hard to build. And Janice is not alone. I recently received a letter from a woman named Jessica Sanford in Washington state. Here's what she wrote: 'I am a single mom. No child support, self-employed, and I haven't had insurance for 15 years because it's too expensive. My son has ADHD and requires regular doctor visits and his meds alone cost $250 per month. I have had an ongoing tendinitis problem due to my line of work that I haven't had treated. Now finally we get to have coverage because of the ACA for $169 per month. I was crying the other day when I signed up, so much stress lifted.' Now that is not untypical for a lot of folks like Jessica who have been struggling without health insurance. That's what the Affordable Care Act is all about. The point is, the essence of the law, the health insurance that's available to people, is working just fine. In some cases actually it's exceeding expectations. the prices are lower than we expected."