Witness says Affordable Care Act is essential for entrepreneurs and those with pre-existing conditions to afford coverage at Senate hearing

ACA marketplace enrollee Shana Verstegen says in prepared testimony at a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on the Affordable Care Act that research identified a potential treatment for Huntington's disease bringing hope shadowed by fear that the Affordable Care Act might be overturned, the ACA was essential for entrepreneurs and small business employees to afford healthcare coverage and for those with pre-existing conditions, enhanced premium tax credits were essential for millions to afford coverage, and she asked them to stand with the 24 million Americans who rely on the ACA to keep their children healthy and bills manageable.