Here's what cheezed me off today

Rohanna, I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew. It's so sad to lose someone so young. What a crappy disease!

Just remember to be kind to yourself.

What a dip chit!!!!

Rohanna, Eff that twit!! How dare her try to pawn her mom off and for chump change! Those services that bitch is talking about would run her thousands per month. I know since I live it. Next time she even thinks about asking, you need to have a reply ready. How about "Why do you think I would want to wipe your mom's ass each day? It seems like something you would be perfect for?" Okay, I would be fuming too. Hope the steam settles soon. Breath in, breath out :-)

tell her you wouldn't do it for $20 an hour

Do you think she meant $20 an hour? She must have, but really how insensitive to you!

Okay, so I have to say it... What really cheezed me today, yesterday and really most of 2016... TRUMP! I have a beautiful daughter, I have good health care and I have a son, in college, on my health plan. My family comes first and the fact that our administration fought hard to make sure everyone was insurable is so important. We ALL have pre-existing conditions in BCO! No matter how you feel about Democrats, Obama made it so none of us could ever be turned down for insurance. Trump has already said repeal and replace. Well, repeal will equal non coverage for many and all of us at BCO would no longer be covered for ANYTHING relating to cancer. No meds paid for, no related check-ups, etc. That is the nature of a pre-existing condition. Insurance companies have always made it a point to NOT COVER your previous condition. It's expensive for them and it's all about money. Obama made sure the companies could not do this any longer.

Before my cancer, I had an ongoing condition and years ago that condition was excluded from my insurance. Sure I was covered at work, but my main illness was not. That means NO doctor visits for maintenance, NO medication for the condition and surely NO hospitalization should it have been needed. This is what the insurance companies were doing 25 years ago. It was scary, expensive and could end up costing someone their life savings.

People don't get how Obama set up the industry so that we didn't even have to talk about our pre-exisiting conditions. He made sure that everyone could have preventative health care such as a physical, mammos, paps and since women typically take care of themselves we benefited the most. Also, our children benefited since they were able to stay on our plans until 26 while they are either in college or figuring out their lives as young adults. Anyway, off my soap box. I'm too old to get out and protest so here is my forum as it has been since 2011!

Perhaps you are unaware Rockym, but Trump has said he will keep pre-existing conditions and other features of Obamacare. They are just going to remove the shitty things like lack of competition. Let's not create false rumors ok? I supported Trump over Hillary... He's already removed the TPP which was huge and he's a proponent of Charter schools (HIllary would have killed them)... As for Medical Care... a lot of hysteria, very little facts.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37953528

I'm sorry Rockym, but even before he was elected he said he would keep some features. Did you read the actual post? In anycase if you watched ANY of the primary debates, Trump was very clear he'd keep the pre-existing conditions clause on any new system devised.
I get you aren't in touch with his promises earlier on, but I am... and just because you FELL for the biased medias reporting doesn't make it true....

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Health_Care.htm

Q: If Obamacare is repealed & there's no mandate for everybody to have insurance, why would insurance companies insure somebody who has a pre-existing condition?

TRUMP: Well, I like the mandate. I don't want people dying on the streets. The Republican people, they don't want people dying on the streets, but sometimes they'll say "Donald Trump wants single payer."

Q: Will people with pre-existing conditions be able to get insurance?

TRUMP: Yes. Now, the new plan is good. It's going to be inexpensive. It's going to be much better for the people at the bottom, people that don't have any money. We're going to take care of them through maybe concepts of Medicare. Now, some people would say, "that's not a very Republican thing to say." That's not single payer, by the way. That's called heart. We gotta take care of people that can't take care of themselves.

Source: 2016 CNN GOP Town Hall in South Carolina , Feb 18, 2016

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Q: Senator Rubio, you said that Mr. Trump thinks part of ObamaCare is pretty good. Which part?

RUBIO: The individual mandate. He said he likes the individual mandate portion of it; I don't believe that should remain there. We need to repeal ObamaCare completely and replace it with a system that puts Americans in charge of their health care money again.

TRUMP: I agree with that 100%, except pre-existing conditions, I would absolutely get rid of ObamaCare. I want to keep pre- existing conditions. It's a modern age, and I think we have to have it.

Q: The insurance companies say is that the only way that they can cover people with pre-existing conditions is to have a mandate requiring everybody purchase health insurance. Are they wrong?

TRUMP: I think they're wrong 100%. Look, the insurance companies take care of the politicians [and vice-versa]. The insurance companies are making an absolute fortune. Yes, they will keep preexisting conditions, and that would be a great thing.

Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary , Feb 25, 2016

The sky is falling approach is not helpful to anyone. Give the guy 100 days to show what he can do. If you watch the news you can see he is not going to do anything to the ACA but make it better and more affordable. Show your "beautiful" daughter a good example. Hysteria helps no one

Scwilly, gosh I hope your scans were just showing shadows or something other than cancer. I recall my doctors were very cautious the first couple of years and for you with triple neg. IBC, I am sure they've got your back. Yes, last week was rough for some of us. I am not a fan of the electoral college either and I can only think of how different our world would be if Gore wasn't pushed out. Many would be alive today who ended up dying for no justified reason. Of course then we may not have had Obama who was the polar opposite of Bush in his decisions, style grace, etc.

I grew up in Southern California and both the west and east coast are so different then other states. What a great country we would have if there was more acceptance of those who are different. I recall asking my mom about people who were gay in the 1970s and she said that finding loving was hard enough and that it's not important if it's male/male or female/female as long as they find love. That stuck with me and my upbringing was such that I went to school with all races and no one was better then the other. I also recall being the only Caucasian girl in my typing class that was probably 90% black. We were all friends and that is not only how I was raised, by how I have raised my children. I was also brought up with truth. My family didn't lie or bullshit each other. There were no family secrets or cheating/lying to move up in the world. My parents were always straight up and honest and that is what I expect of others. They showed me that is how we have success in life, so to hear lie after lie for over a year was sickening.

By the way, my husband is also a resident alien. He got his status from amnesty in the early 80s. He could have obtained his green card through our marriage, but back then if you could prove you had lived here for a certain number of years and contributed by paying taxes, etc. status was given. He never got his citizenship because he would joke that if we ever had to move back to Canada we could. It was funny how he brought up that topic from almost 30 years ago :-).

I agree there is a glimmer of light for exactly what you said about spin. Trump isn't even in the White House and already the health care issue that had me venting began to change a day or so after. His talk about the wall is now shifting to simply securing the borders and perhaps looking into some fence. Even female issues such as birth control and abortion are being back peddled. I am glad so far this is the case, but it doesn't change the fact the man is a liar, bully and all around poor example for our children. There are other ways in this country to get things done and they don't require bullshitting half the population only to peddle back.

The saddest thing is that so many people only wanted him as president as sort of an eff you to the other half. When they don't get all that was promised, my guess is they won't care because they didn't really care to begin with. They are going to go back to their lives where they blame others for their misfortune. They will turn back on their reality shows or perhaps watch Trump as their ultimate show. I feel many of these people never learned how to better themselves or to learn from others. I can tell you that I learned a lot about people over this year. Most of it has not been pleasant. Good luck with the liver issue and I hope the best for you. Come back and tell us you are well.