Americans worry, cheer as Congress moves to upend the Affordable Care Act

A soon-to-be father whose wife is getting prenatal care through the Affordable Care Act . A woman whose mother would have been bankrupted by her cancer diagnosis had she not had ACA coverage. An older self-employed couple, insured under the law, who for "the first time in our lives" can afford to see doctors and buy medicines.

This month, they and nearly 1,200 other people responded when The Washington Post asked readers how they thought the health-care debate on Capitol Hill would affec...