re: Had our insurance meeting today

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I'll admit, you normally handle yourself pretty well in these arguments

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Wait...


...what?

Wow, that's about the nicest thing anyone's said to me on this board. I figured I'm always just killing time farting in the wind.

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but you're getting your arse handed to you here.

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"I mistyped that now that I think of it." - Gatorrocks

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yet you admitted yourself that you had mis-typed it.

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Which part was mistyped?

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Which part was mistyped?

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Read back through Page 1.

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Good grief. Would you be willing to share with the class your experience on what is no longer covered?

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Decency and decorum prohibit me from posting anything about Obamacare until I cool down.

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I spent the morning at the BCBS office in Bham. I made them drag out the old and new policies and we did a stare and compare. They kept telling me the hospital was going to eat $16k like it was some type of consolation.

I personally can't wait for some jackass to tell me to my face how Obamacare gave them health insurance. I might be a facilitator for them to use their newfound free bennies.

You know what I really hate about dumbasses? They don't have a clue what they're doing. If I'm about to execute a DB altering SQL, I don't have the idea "Don't worry. I won't frick it up." I approach it with caution. Make sure there aren't any side effects. Only after I'm sure do I run the SQL.

OTOH, take these Dem morons who passed Obamacare. They're like idiots who walk into a car dealership and write a check and never question anything on the bill of sale. THE THOUGHT OF CHECKING THE DETAILS IS COMPLETELY FOREIGN TO THEM!!!

All I can say is, "Thanks assholes. If I can ever find a way to frick you over royally, I'll do it."

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I do know quite a few people it has helped

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I must hang with the "wrong" crowd then. I literally know no one it has helped personally from a financial standpoint. It's all been negative. But I hang with a group of successful people. So my view is skewed I suppose.

I think Obama frickED UP the naming of this law pretty badly. If he would have called it "The Get Everyone Covered Act" that would make more sense. But the fact is it's not "affordable" for almost anyone signing up UNLESS you're now covered by Medicaid. Which is shite.

Sort of a funny / not-so-funny story. My wife belongs to the "Mom's" group on Facebook. Almost EVERY SINGLE request for a Doctor referral is one that accepts medicaid. "Does anyone know of a dermatologist within 25 miles that accepts Medicaid" was the exact question from a few days ago.

I mean, I get the idea... More people paying = less money. But more people aren't paying and now I, and most people I know, ARE paying for it. Which sucks.

Oddly enough... I'd would support a national sales tax like Canada has if it meant I paid less for coverage.

But we can't do that. That would affect "poor" people too much.

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Read back through Page 1.

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I did.

That's why I thought your ""wtf?"" response was a play on the OP's ""Democrat's were like ""

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Democrat's were like

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No hyperbole there! Wide eyes my friend. Wide eyes.

I haven't talked to them yet about it. I'll have to catch up with them on Monday.

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You guys should reach out to Bloomberg about how detrimental Obamacare is to our country, they need to correct this article I guess.

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Regardless of what Americans think about Obamacare, reining in health-care costs is winning the support of investors in U.S. Treasuries.

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Good God Almighty that's bad.

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I like all types of people and I try not to hold their economic status against them

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I never do either. At the same time, I tend to surround myself with successful people on purpose. One of the keys to success is to hang with others who are successful.

"You are who you hang with" type of deal. I mean, I do hang with a few college students (my cousin goes to UCF) but most of them are success minded people. And most are NOT Obama supporters. Weird for college students.

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Does Canada tax the sale of stocks?

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I have no clue. But the major sticking point from Democrats about the national sales tax is that it would cost the poor more for their necessities. You know like food (which isn't taxed if it's not prepared) or big screen tv's.

Seriously... I don't know why they object to it. It would solve this whole fricking problem.

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Good God Almighty that's bad.

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Costs for medical care increased 2 percent last year, the smallest gain in 65 years, according to data compiled by the Labor Department.

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In the two decades before the financial crisis, health-care expenses rose at more than twice that rate on an annual basis.

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