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A cancer victim inspired President Barack Obama to push on with his fight for health care reform, which culminated in the Supreme Court upholding his Affordable Care Act. Natoma Canfield, from Ohio , who was diagnosed with leukemia about two and half years ago after battling an early form of cancer for many years, had made national headlines after the White House shared a letter she wrote to the president a few years ago expressing grave concerns about her inability to afford insurance. In his remarks from the White House Thursday, Obama said he "carried Natoma's story with me every day of the fight to pass this law." "It reminded me of all the Americans, all across the country, who have had to worry not only about getting sick, but about the cost of getting well," Politico quoted Obama, as saying. "Natoma is well today. And because of this law, there are other Americans, other sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, who will not have to hang their fortunes on chance," he added. Canfield claimed that she didn't realize the president had her letter framed and hanging at the White House until he said so in his speech Thursday, and got a call from the White House just minutes before Obama stepped in front of the cameras. "I got goose bumps. To think the president of the United States has my letter hanging on the wall. Wow," she said. "I'm just blown away that the president has my letter on his wall. I'm just very proud. I didn't cry because I don't have any tears now. They were radiated away," she added.

Cancer victim who inspired Obama's healthcare gets 'goose bumps' following court victory