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What Obamacare will do away with: Boy hears for first time

by Phantom Ace ( 105 Comments › )
Filed under Economy, Health Care at September 25th, 2013 - 7:00 am

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The goal of Obamacare is Eugenics and the elimination of humans deemed inferior. If you have some disease or disability, good luck getting any treatment. If there is a reason to oppose Obamacare, the story of a deaf Guatemalan boy named Jenri Rivera is a reason to. Thanks to charity organization, the boy was brought to America and thanks to our superb medical system, he gained hearing thanks to an implant.

A seven-year-old boy from Guatemala received the gift of hearing on Monday and was soon moved to tears after hearing his parents speak for the very first time via Skype.

Jenri Rivera, who was born deaf, was able to travel to America for treatment thanks to the Ray of Hope Medical Missions, a not-for-profit group in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Three years ago Jenri had met Erin Van Oordt of Grand Rapids, Michigan, when was working in Guatemala as a volunteer.

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In order for Jenri to be eligible for a medical visa to get to the U.S., every part of the process had to be a donation including the $40,000 cochlear implant donated by Advanced Bionics and the procedure to install it, which was performed by Dr. Disher at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

The implant was activated on Monday by Dr. Tina Sheehan of Focus Audiology and Hearing Services.

Finally Jenri could hear and to test him, Dr. Sheehan smacked her hand on the table and watched as he reacted with surprise.

‘When I would tap on the desk, he would look,’ Dr. Sheehan said.

‘I tapped again, and he looked. I tapped a third time and he said, no! His reactions to the noises are an excellent sign that things are working.’

It was an extremely emotional moment for everyone as the young boy got to hear his parent’s voices for the very first time.

Next, Jenri will spend several more months in America as he works on his speech and learns to understand what he hears.

If Obamacare is implemented, people like Jenri Rivera will not be be able to get 1st class medical care.