How are you doing during your wait to hear how the Supreme Court ruled on ObamaCare? I’m feeling a little twitchy, myself. So far, this has been a boring election season. I think that is about to change.
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Filling it with a valiant but ultimately mediocre failure of a movie adaptation of one of my favorite books: Hunter Thompson’s “Rum Diary.” Combining characters and attempting to make it a Vegas prequel is definitely not what the book was supposed to be. I felt that in the theater and over time I thought it might have been too harsh. Now, in the cold hard light of Netflix, it has been proven true again. Oh well.
Well, I’ll probably elect for some health insurance through my job if it goes down, even though most insurance companies are saying they’ll keep that policy. I mean, I was able to save however much a month by staying on my parent’s plan (was going to elect a health insurance plan when I turned 25.5 during open season). So it’ll be some money out of my pocket that was initially going to loans. Now there’s an idea. Hey bankers, more money would go to you if you stopped this from happening!
My adult son had to work for over a year at a job to be eligible for health insurance. During that time I bought him private insurance that had minimal benefits and would not cover his pre-existing condition- epilepsy. The policy was expensive but I could not sleep at night if he had nothing. He finally got health insurance and things were pretty good. He left the job, but we now pay for a COBRA for him and it does cover all his needs. When that Cobra runs out, and we try to find him a policy- what will happen?
I contributed $$ to support ACA. I carried signs at four Move-On informational demonstrations. I wrote to my Senators and Reps. I even got quoted in the newspaper. I met people – hard working people- with heartbreaking stories.
I am not optomistic. I will try not to cry.
I’m with you on this. My son turns 26 in September and has had Type I diabetes since he was 14 months old. He’s still on my insurance at the moment. He just finished college and is looking for a job. I hope he finds one with good benefits … soon …
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19-year-old on a gap year on my insurance, and in need of health care. I am not at all optimistic about the decision coming down.
“Twitchy?”
Why?
Haven’t the so-called “leaks” media been clear enough?
A split court and a partial taking down of Obamacare.
Watch.
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Obamacare didn’t change my health insurance situation at all, so I’m not to twitchy.
I guess if they do throw it out because of the mandate, I’ll start laughing. What odds they’ll declare SS or Medicare unconstitutional next?
I think their minds are made up, long ago, and they are just arguing over language to justify their decision. I wish they would get on with it. Also antsy, but less so, over their Arizona internal passport decision.
Internal passport decision? Clue me in. You’ll have to carry your Arizona passport in your own house?
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"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."I travel to Arizona about every-other month (work) and I’ve been carrying a passport for a couple years now – I’m Black but “Ain’t White” ain’t White, so anyone of a darker hue could be subject to Arizona’s version of stop and frisk. Better safe than sorry.
I’m nervous for everyone with a Pre-existing condition. I understand the MILLIONS that will be screwed if this is knocked down.
I know I posted this elsewhere but… my son turns 26 in September and has had Type I diabetes since he was 14 months old. He’s still on my insurance at the moment. He just finished college and is looking for a job. I hope he finds one with good benefits … soon …
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I’m much more twitchy about Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s decision to veto a horrid mineral rights transfer (fracking) bill straight out of ALEC.
For the Supreme Court decision, I’m suggesting to all who will listen to prepare to hit the streets in protest immediately on the announcement in large numbers (being defined as much larger than Tea Party turnouts) advocating for Medicare for All. Organizing that is a great cure for the twitchies. Crowdsourced an a flash mob. On the announcement, send the tweets and hit the streets. Has to be an immediate and reflexive response.
ignoring the whole thing as best I can.
Trying to convince myself that the people who have already benefited from the reforms will react with anger and outrage, sweeping in a wave of democrats.
I’m pissed that we even have to worry, wonder or be twitchy at all. The Supreme Court should never have even heard this case. The whole thing is BS.
Hear hear. I agree.
My two sisters are both Stage 4 cancer. I worry about everything.
I’ve become increasingly fatalistic about almost everything to do w politics and economics lately. Nothing could be more clear than that we are moving well into a period of increasingly aggressive aristocracy. Nothing will happen that is contrary to their interests and whatever does will be contravened quickly.
Anything other than complete worst case scenarios on the economy, courts, elections and etc. will be a pleasant surprise.
My wife just retired from her state job, the job that was covering all of our insurance needs. COBRA was way too expensive, and we settled on affordable, high deductible catastrophic coverage until the state exchange kicks in in January 2014.
And then my wife was denied coverage for a pre-existing condition. And we don’t know what we are going to do.
Until Friday, I was very twitchty in general, but now that we have this bad news I am twitchy for us specifically.