Simple Girl - Although I might be able to include myself in the category of cancer survivors I don't like to think of myself as such, because in my case it was caught (neuroendocrine tumor) so very early that other than a colectomy and heading into the 5th year of followups, life has been no different for me. Those who I would say are the true survivors have had much greater challenges to face.
But one thing for sure, and I sense you feel it as well - is the sense of mortality one becomes so aware of when facing such a disease. Staring that in the face drove my ER decision-making process, and I was determined to make the best of it rather than continuing to waste my time making the megacorp hamster wheel spin along as if everything was just fine. Being that I am still 6-1/2 years from medicare coverage myself, the future of ACA is definitely on my radar. When trying to peel away the layers of the doom vs. gloom reports of repeal, I've usually found that at a minimum there was some form of cooldown period of up to two years where little would change, then followed by something either pared down, or even a rebranded duplication of many of the same provisions.
Pretty much puts me in the sit back and see what happens <yawn> group. And no regrets over my ER decision, no matter what happens.