. >> joining us now is ann chrisman, a self-employed mother of three that went for years without insurance bought coverage under the obama care and joined barack obama at the white house to talk about the new experiences with the health care law. welcome to "inside story". why did you write the president? >> i wrote the president to tell himle story about how it impacted my life and thank him for literally saving my life for bringing the bill to fruition, that it was passed. >> saviour life how. -- save your life how. have you been without insurance for a long time? >> i've been without insurance for five years. >> did you roll the dice and hope your health stayed good? >> i mostly rolled the dice and hoped my health would stay good yes. >> when you say saviour life when you were covered did you get care and find ut you needed it. >> i did. i had a physical and a mammogram. the mammogram showed i had stage 1 breast cancer. it would have metastasized and gone into the lymph node system. i was able to catch it early. i didn't do it or get into the lymph node system. i had two surgeries and r