STORY HIGHLIGHTS - Three-year-old Violet McManus suffers from seizures that threaten her breathing - Her parents fear Supreme Court could restore health care insurance caps on her coverage - Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on health care reform law The Supreme Court, health care reform and one little girl By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent updated 10:07 AM EDT, Tue March 27, 2012 Novato, California (CNN) -- When health care reform passed Congress more than two years ago, Julie Walters yelled for her husband to come into the living room where she was watching the vote live on television. "I was so happy," Walters remembers. "I yelled for Matt. I said, 'Do you know what this means? Do you know what this means?'" The historic vote meant their 18-month-old daughter, Violet McManus, would be able to keep her health insurance. Without health care reform, she would have gotten kicked off her parents' insurance, perhaps as early as her 5th birthday, becaus! e her care is so expensive. "I was like, Violet's covered now!" Walters remembers. "We're okay. We can breathe." But now Violet's parents are worried they won't be able to breathe easily again. This week, the Supreme Court is hearing a debate on health care reform. The court could keep the reform intact, repeal parts of it, or get rid of the law altogether. "I'm really scared," Walters says. "Like, I-can't-sleep scared." 'Completely blue in her crib' Violet McManus was born healthy, but when she was 11 ...
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