I can't "like" this post because your brother's situation & the pain he lives with is nothing to like.
Plus they are accountable to the public and serve at their pleasure. There is substantially less leverage with the private insurance groups in the system we have now.
My brother is also facing debilitating medical issues. Although not as serious as yours, he still lives in a constant state of pain, is still in his 30s, and has to spend considerable energy and out of pocket expenses to get coverage and treatment.
Even more problematic, it began with a workplace injury so he has had to negotiate legal issues and finger pointing between workmans comp and his private coverage, both trying to deny responsibility and minimise treatment. It's inhumane and wasteful.
In a public system, the voters themselves decide the quality and expense of our healthcare system.
Sadly, that point may be the biggest indictment against single payer in this country as it necessitates an informed voter acting in good faith towards his fellow countrymen. Not feeling highly confident of that assumption these days.
What a complete irredeemable fucking asshole that guy is.
Willful ignorance.
For some, the plight of fellow citizens is not in their purview.
Willful ignorance indeed. How many times have I said that I can't get any insurance? Yet I keep hearing from her that people with pre existing conditions etc will be kicked off under GOP plans. Does she forget that I'm already in that position? I don't have to wait for GOP plans. I'm there as of 6 mos from now. I get that.
This notion that Republicans don't get sick and have pre existing conditions is ludicrous. Republicans are well aware of this. They get sick too.
It appears your bootstraps are worn out.Willful ignorance indeed. How many times have I said that I can't get any insurance? Yet I keep hearing from her that people with pre existing conditions etc will be kicked off under GOP plans. Does she forget that I'm already in that position? I don't have to wait for GOP plans. I'm there as of 6 mos from now. I get that.
This notion that Republicans don't get sick and have pre existing conditions is ludicrous. Republicans are well aware of this. They get sick too.
If my memory serves me correctly I believe you started out being really unhappy about how much the ACA was costing you & hopeful your party would make things cheaper for you. Being "upset" didn't seem to come into play till you found out your party helped drive out the last insurer in your area.
If they pass ACHA, with your wife's medical history guess what? You will get to join me in the ranks of the uninsurable.
I get to join you in the uninsured anyways.
Sigh, us liberal elites will not even be getting a tax cut on our stock compensationSenate Republican leaders dropped provisions that would repeal two taxes on high earners in a revised draft of their health-care bill sent to the Congressional Budget Office, according to GOP senators.
Republican leaders are now planning to retain Obamacare’s 3.8 percent tax on net investment income for people who earn more than $200,000 and couples with incomes over $250,000, as well as a 0.9 percent Medicare surtax on the same incomes.
It appears your bootstraps are worn out.
I can't "like" this post because your brother's situation & the pain he lives with is nothing to like.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...x-cuts-for-big-earners-in-revised-health-bill
Sigh, us liberal elites will not even be getting a tax cut on our stock compensation