Might even get Dr. Spaceman as your primary care physician... In news that should hardly come as a surprise, the day after the election was the biggest day of sign-ups for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, which is, yes, still a going concern, although killing it (and consequently,
Poor people won't have health insurance bills at all. (Mine will be north of $1,000 a month, if I'm lucky enough to be entitled to a health insurance bill.)Thanks, Mitch! I think I can live until Medicare kicks in. (Whatever is left of it.)
Stock up on the "Plan B" pills. Those are going to be worth a couple hundred bucks each on the black market. You may need more than one doctor, though - I don't think they come 30 to a vial.
Medicare expansion because of the ACA is the reason that my fiancee has health insurance. He's worried about losing it and if Pence rams through the idea that gheys shouldn't be married means I won't be able to put him on my own insurance in the future.
I hope ACA signups continue to smash records and send a clear signal not to fuck with it.
You know what the ultimate fuck you to the poors would be from Repubs? Repealing the ACA but then passing a bill putting back in the part where you need to buy private health insurance or be fined. United Health Care and BCBS would be jizzing in their pants at the thought of that.
I am on Medicare, but have no major health issues. My wife, on the other hand, has a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer (now metastasized to her brain) gets her health coverage through the ACA, which they will now go after. It is saving her life without our having to sell the house to cover her expensive cancer treatments, as if that would be enough money. She needs to get through the next 17 months to get to Medicare, which they will go after next. Then they will target Social Security.
Imagine how she feels when almost half the electorate, including her parents, are indifferent to whether she lives or dies.
Ironically, the election result was the fault of Medicare: stupid old white people aren’t dying off quite fast enough.
Um, as a pretty liberal SS and Medicare Taker, I'd like to point out that I am not part of their base. And I did pay my FICA and Medicare taxes for forty-some years.
OTOH, your first sentence is accurate. And I will oppose it as hard as I can.
I've also paid FICA taxes forever, but unfortunately, the greedy Republican elderly didn't want to pay any taxes, but did want lavish social benefits, which they got. Now they want to draw up the bridge behind them, and fuck everyone under 55 over, so they can give more massive tax cuts to people who have so much money they couldn't spend it in a 1000 lifetimes. It's no sweat off my ass that they screw everyone under 55, because I'm 56, but I don't want to see Medicare or Social Security reduced at all.
I think you misunderstood me, since I LOVE Social Security and Medicare. I think they're great. What I do NOT love is elderly Republican fucks who collect SS and MCare while bitching about "wealth redistribution" and "socialism" and "moochers" and "welfare queens." Their gall astounds me.
I am on Medicare, and until two months ago had had no serious health issues. Then, routine 5-year colonoscopy -- oops, cancer -- right hemicolectomy -- now about to start chemo. Still have no idea how much this is gonna cost, but appreciate the fact that I've gotten treatment with no questions.
If this had happened five years ago (pre-Medicare), I'd already be hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hole.
I would love to sign up for Obamacare, but I don't make enough money. I should be covered by the expansion, but my state is currently being run (into the ground) by Governor Voldemort (R-Obviously). This is why I hate Republicans.
Obama should e-mail it to the bastards, with a click-through EULA that votes to confirm in paragraph 83.
Poor people won't have health insurance bills at all. (Mine will be north of $1,000 a month, if I'm lucky enough to be entitled to a health insurance bill.)Thanks, Mitch! I think I can live until Medicare kicks in. (Whatever is left of it.)
Stock up on the "Plan B" pills. Those are going to be worth a couple hundred bucks each on the black market. You may need more than one doctor, though - I don't think they come 30 to a vial.
Much like blue cross wanting me to get a pap smear, my doctor would quite reasonably refuse either.
Sadly if you're bi polar like moi, weed makes you psychotic and only those Obama meds work. Sadly.
Medicare expansion because of the ACA is the reason that my fiancee has health insurance. He's worried about losing it and if Pence rams through the idea that gheys shouldn't be married means I won't be able to put him on my own insurance in the future.
I hope ACA signups continue to smash records and send a clear signal not to fuck with it.
You know what the ultimate fuck you to the poors would be from Repubs? Repealing the ACA but then passing a bill putting back in the part where you need to buy private health insurance or be fined. United Health Care and BCBS would be jizzing in their pants at the thought of that.
You know, "going naked" is the insurance industry term for being uninsured.
Strangely enough, employer-based premiums are forecast to increase just about as much as ACA premiums. Funny that.
We really fear for our future.
I am on Medicare, but have no major health issues. My wife, on the other hand, has a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer (now metastasized to her brain) gets her health coverage through the ACA, which they will now go after. It is saving her life without our having to sell the house to cover her expensive cancer treatments, as if that would be enough money. She needs to get through the next 17 months to get to Medicare, which they will go after next. Then they will target Social Security.
Imagine how she feels when almost half the electorate, including her parents, are indifferent to whether she lives or dies.
Ironically, the election result was the fault of Medicare: stupid old white people aren’t dying off quite fast enough.
Um, as a pretty liberal SS and Medicare Taker, I'd like to point out that I am not part of their base. And I did pay my FICA and Medicare taxes for forty-some years.
OTOH, your first sentence is accurate. And I will oppose it as hard as I can.
Your wife is the exact kind of person we all need to continue fighting for.
I've also paid FICA taxes forever, but unfortunately, the greedy Republican elderly didn't want to pay any taxes, but did want lavish social benefits, which they got. Now they want to draw up the bridge behind them, and fuck everyone under 55 over, so they can give more massive tax cuts to people who have so much money they couldn't spend it in a 1000 lifetimes. It's no sweat off my ass that they screw everyone under 55, because I'm 56, but I don't want to see Medicare or Social Security reduced at all.
I think you misunderstood me, since I LOVE Social Security and Medicare. I think they're great. What I do NOT love is elderly Republican fucks who collect SS and MCare while bitching about "wealth redistribution" and "socialism" and "moochers" and "welfare queens." Their gall astounds me.
Jesus gave sight to the blind, and hearing to the poor. But pre-existing conditions? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I am on Medicare, and until two months ago had had no serious health issues. Then, routine 5-year colonoscopy -- oops, cancer -- right hemicolectomy -- now about to start chemo. Still have no idea how much this is gonna cost, but appreciate the fact that I've gotten treatment with no questions.
If this had happened five years ago (pre-Medicare), I'd already be hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hole.
I would love to sign up for Obamacare, but I don't make enough money. I should be covered by the expansion, but my state is currently being run (into the ground) by Governor Voldemort (R-Obviously). This is why I hate Republicans.