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Final comment on health care/insurance reform-related politics and douchebaggery
Anybody who knows me and my partner knows that we haven't had access to affordable health insurance in years. It had been a dream of mine since I became interested in national affairs way back when I was a little kid that the country that I was taught to believe was "The Best!" would someday move out of the middling ranks of the planet's countries and finally have universal health care. Well, that's obviously not going to happen, and I have decided to withdraw from giving a fuck about American politics and concentrate on my fantasy world instead. But....
...If the health care bill actually does pass the House on Sunday, we will be happy. But not because we believe in some fantasy that we will be able to get insurance despite our non-employer coverage and our pre-existing conditions. That probably won't happen for years, if at all, anyway. So why will I be happy? Because Republicans, conservatives, birthers, ditto-heads, Fox News-viewers and fucking teabaggers will be UNhappy. That's all it is for us now. We just want those assholes to be defeated. When they say healthcare is NOT a right, they are insulting us personally. Fuck them. We don't even care what the bill actually does anymore so long as it makes Republicans cry and whine in defeat. Pure politics.
...If the health care bill actually does pass the House on Sunday, we will be happy. But not because we believe in some fantasy that we will be able to get insurance despite our non-employer coverage and our pre-existing conditions. That probably won't happen for years, if at all, anyway. So why will I be happy? Because Republicans, conservatives, birthers, ditto-heads, Fox News-viewers and fucking teabaggers will be UNhappy. That's all it is for us now. We just want those assholes to be defeated. When they say healthcare is NOT a right, they are insulting us personally. Fuck them. We don't even care what the bill actually does anymore so long as it makes Republicans cry and whine in defeat. Pure politics.
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My family's had Kaiser health care for years. A lot of people sneer at it because it's not as personalized as what most people have/like...it's institutionalized health care, and you spend a lot more time with nurse practitioners and physician's assistants than the doctor per se.
I love it, myself. We could do worse than having Kaiser as a national health care model.
However, I'll settle for 1.) NO PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, EVER!! and 2.) non-employer coverage options. My family has a major stake in this. Our 23 year old son has a significant pre-existing condition (Crohn's Disease), and he's reaching the end of our coverage cycle through our employers. Luckily we can help him, but he's one of the few lucky ones...and covering him will impact our own ability to retire in a few years, at least until he is able to get coverage. If he ever can on his own. Sigh.
I so want health care reform.