A Survivor for 12 Years

Posted by: Jan Larimer- Co-chair of the Republican National Committee

Today is the twelfth anniversary of the beginning of the rest of my life.

It was twelve years ago today that I officially became cancer free and a survivor of breast cancer.  I am alive today because my family and my faith sustained me, and because I had access to the best doctors and the best health care system in the world.  I am a survivor because I had the freedom to make my own choices about which doctors to see and which treatment options to pursue. 

I am just one of millions of women around America who celebrate their own anniversaries like this every year.  That’s why the health care debate was so personal for so many of us.  We are alive today to see our children and grandchildren because our health care was in our hands – not a bureaucrat’s. 

Our health care system was not perfect before ObamaCare.  There were dozens of reforms that Republicans and Democrats could have worked together to enact.  Instead, the Democrats shoved a bill into law that will limit options for care and put government panels and bureaucrats in charge of decisions that ought to rest with families and doctors. 

I am a survivor thanks to my family, my faith and the American health care system.  We will not stop in our efforts to roll back and replace ObamaCare for the simple reason that we want to ensure that millions more women will be able to celebrate their own anniversaries, as I can today, for many years into the future.