COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A
young Ohio father and his baby boy
who battled brain cancer at the same time are among the 22 million
Americans at risk of losing health insurance if a bill being
considered by the United States
Senate becomes law. The family is featured in a new video released
today urging lawmakers to vote no.
The video, posted at http://www.usw.org/Nathan, urges viewers to
call 1-877-607-0785 to tell their senators to vote no on the
disastrous health care bill. It shares the story of Ryan and Nathan Link of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Both have a rare genetic
disorder called Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, which mutates the
tumor-blocking genes making them susceptible to cancers.
"Fighting brain cancer was the toughest thing our family has
gone through," said Ryan, who works three jobs to pay medical
bills. "Now we're fighting politicians who could take away the
health care that saves my son's life and my own life."
"My husband and my son have lifelong health care needs and could
be facing future cancer. If this bill goes through we won't be able
to afford insurance for either of them because of their
pre-existing conditions, not to mention the unaffordable medical
costs that are currently capped or illegal under the Affordable
Care Act," said Maggie Link, Ryan's
wife and Nathan's mother, who works as a daycare center assistant
director.
Maggie is the daughter of USW District 1 Assistant to the
Director Donnie Blatt, who was among
the Ohio Steelworkers who planned to meet with Sen. Rob Portman's office today to share the video
and urge him to vote against the "Better Care Reconciliation
Act."
"It was horrific watching our daughter, son-in-law and grandbaby
go through this, and it's just as horrifying knowing what this
health care bill could do to our family and millions of other
families," Blatt said. "We need everyone to call their senators and
stop this bill."
The USW is the largest industrial union in North America and has 850,000 members employed
in many industries that include metals, rubber, chemicals, paper,
oil refining and the service and public sectors. For more info:
@Steelworkers on social media and www.usw.org.
More information, contact: Donnie Blatt (740) 504-8900; dblatt@usw.org
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