Arijit Guha has been battling Stage IV colon cancer for nearly a year and a half.
The 31-year-old doctoral student at Arizona State University reached his lifetime cap of $300,000 on his student insurance plan in January and spent most of his spare time raising money in order to meet the costs of his escalating medical bills.
Through his website, PoopStrong.org, Guha managed to raise $50,000 through selling bracelets, buttons and t-shirts with his PoopStrong logo on them to continue his medical care, but that money wasn't nearly enough to keep him out of medical bankruptcy.
So the Supreme Court's decision regarding the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was going to have a direct impact on the quality and quantity of his care.
How did Guha feel when he heard that the majority of the provisions would be upheld? Well, tired, for one thing. He was up until 3 a.m. the night before, too nervous to sleep in anticipation of this landmark decision.
“It is clearly a win for so many millions of Americans," Gupta told Stephanie Innes of the Arizona Daily Star. "Many others have been denied insurance, maxed out on their plans and would have been in pretty dire straits had the ACA (Affordable Care Act) not passed.”
The 31-year-old doctoral student at Arizona State University reached his lifetime cap of $300,000 on his student insurance plan in January and spent most of his spare time raising money in order to meet the costs of his escalating medical bills.
Through his website, PoopStrong.org, Guha managed to raise $50,000 through selling bracelets, buttons and t-shirts with his PoopStrong logo on them to continue his medical care, but that money wasn't nearly enough to keep him out of medical bankruptcy.
So the Supreme Court's decision regarding the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was going to have a direct impact on the quality and quantity of his care.
How did Guha feel when he heard that the majority of the provisions would be upheld? Well, tired, for one thing. He was up until 3 a.m. the night before, too nervous to sleep in anticipation of this landmark decision.
“It is clearly a win for so many millions of Americans," Gupta told Stephanie Innes of the Arizona Daily Star. "Many others have been denied insurance, maxed out on their plans and would have been in pretty dire straits had the ACA (Affordable Care Act) not passed.”
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