If you catch a stroke within three hours there is a drug option which will reverse the impact.
Dependence on the type of stroke but there is a three hour window.
And I'm reasonably confident that access to such a drug will be rationed under Obamacare. If you're over 50 or not affiliated with any union, community organizing group, political office, or be a member of the LGBT bunch, you'll be getting a more holistic course of treatment.