In the Santa Clarita Valley, where hospitals and specialists were once few and far between, Teresa Savaikie said the Affordable Care Act helped keep her and her family from losing their home as she fought two, stage 3 colon cancer tumors.
In the San Gabriel Valley, where there are more hospitals and specialists, Mike Merkel said the Affordable Care Act pushed his wife, Nina, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, out of the City of Hope, where she had been a patient and into a maze of providers and specialists all across the region.
