tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post7890820948448986924..comments2024-03-28T09:24:26.163-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: Sunday "Disgusted With the GOP SOBs" BlogShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-65610253207494826642017-05-08T20:59:46.601-04:002017-05-08T20:59:46.601-04:00I have no doubt, my friend. And if you ever decide...I have no doubt, my friend. And if you ever decide to stop fighting it, let me assure you that I'll find you and kick your behind. I know you're here somewhere in Florida. :) anymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440984998024847906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-9926637243031681282017-05-08T11:13:11.494-04:002017-05-08T11:13:11.494-04:00Well, as we can see here, the Good Guys are out th...Well, as we can see here, the Good Guys are out there! We just have to keep fighting the good fight! Shaw, Blue, we're gonna make it!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-91504305845497214752017-05-07T20:05:42.063-04:002017-05-07T20:05:42.063-04:00"When the American Academy of Family Physicia...<b>"When the American Academy of Family Physicians is against it, and the American Academy of Pediatrics is against it, and the American Medical Association is against it, and the American Psychiatric Association is against it, and the American Hospital Association is against it, and the American College of Physicians is against it, and the American Congress of OB/GYNs is against it, and the American Osteopathic Association is against it, and the American Nurses Association is against it, and the American Public Health Association is against it, and the American Heart Association is against it, and the American Diabetes Association is against it, and the JDRF is against it, and the March of Dimes is against it, and the AARP is against it, you know it's not about HEALTH CARE but about money and politics and insurance company profits. For shame, for shame, for shame. "</b><br /><br />The Goopers have no shame nor humanity. They are worse than vipers.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-49513032358203148272017-05-07T19:50:37.097-04:002017-05-07T19:50:37.097-04:00Infidel753, rattlesnakes kill to defend themselves...<b>Infidel753</b>, rattlesnakes kill to defend themselves or to eat. GOP lawmakers OTOH kill for sport and to laugh at the misfortunes of people who do not have government health insurance like they do. They are the worst sort of human beings ever created. I detest them.<br /><br /><b>Ball Zack</b>, Indeed. The French are far more sophisticated and intelligent than the average American. Look at who this country chose for its president.<br /><br /><b>Ducky</b>, we will hang this abomination around the GOP's neck, forever!<br /><br /><b>BlueBull</b>, you, Jersey McJones and I belong to the same club. Unfortunately. That we have to worry about whether we will be able to afford the healthcare and medicine to stay alive is a disgrace on the richest country in the world. And the people who denigrate those who cannot go it alone for healthcare costs are living devils who deserve the worst sort of retribution. And they surely will have it.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-55396434217751904842017-05-07T18:30:54.916-04:002017-05-07T18:30:54.916-04:00Le Pen was demolished. She's the French versio...Le Pen was demolished. She's the French version of Trump. The French saw what a complete asshole America voted for president. They didn't want to be as stupid as America is.<br /><br />Good for France.Ball Zacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-12430761066555330402017-05-07T17:42:54.154-04:002017-05-07T17:42:54.154-04:00Rattlesnakes have more humanity in their poisonous...<i>Rattlesnakes have more humanity in their poisonous fangs than the human vipers who voted to increase human suffering and condemn innocent sick people to death</i><br /><br />Amen to that. Rattlesnakes don't, as far as we know, take actual glee in hurting others -- certainly not others of their own kind.<br /><br />As RN says, it's actually very unlikely that the ACA will be repealed because of the difficult steps that still need to be taken, and the chronic inability of the Republicans to get anything done. But the fact will remain that <i>they tried their damnedest to repeal it</i> -- if they fail to take away millions of people's insurance, they deserve no credit for failing. The fact that they tried must be tied to all of them come November 2018.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-8248547791244473822017-05-07T17:20:23.640-04:002017-05-07T17:20:23.640-04:00Oh yes, the high risk pools are a freaking joke es...Oh yes, the high risk pools are a freaking joke especially given the list of preexisting conditions.<br />They allocate 10 billion a year (barely tip money) over a period of five years after which they must be renewed.<br /><br />Obviously just a cheap trick to supply Faux Snooze with a talking point because the coverage in the current Affordable Care Act is popular.<br /><br />The crafters of this bill and it's supporters are simply disgusting human beings.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-73385782428377425832017-05-07T17:18:48.578-04:002017-05-07T17:18:48.578-04:00Jersey,
I hear ya, Brother. I've now been canc...Jersey,<br />I hear ya, Brother. I've now been cancer free for nearly 2 years. As I'm sure you know, we'll be tested at different points until we reach the magical 5 year clear mark. Then, they consider us "Free of cancer". I'm so glad to hear that you have started on that climb up the health staircase. I had reach my lifetime maximum after 6 years of chemo/break/chemo/break/surgery/chemo, etc. etc. etc and my wonderful oncologist was telling me I needed one more round and he thought we'd get it under control. I was horrified and scared and there was no way I could come up with the kind of money needed for treatment and I wasn't going to bankrupt my entire family like that. Luckily, I had a local Congress critter (A Democrat, btw) who helped get me into an indigent program and they paid for the final round. That time, my cancer was gone for about 18 months before returning. As luck would have it, Obamacare had just passed and gone were the lifetime maximums and I get a great plan for myself and 4 children for less than I was paying before. I beat cancer that time too, and am now virtually 2 years clear. Hang in there, Jersey, it gets better and there are a LOT of us pulling for you. <br />As for the disgusting, greedy, slobs who voted for this. F U all! anymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440984998024847906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-26961255141322059032017-05-07T17:04:32.121-04:002017-05-07T17:04:32.121-04:00Friday's Majority Report podcast goes into d...Friday's <i> Majority Report </i> podcast goes into detail on this abomination. This bill really is terrifying.<br /><br />Lost in the furor are the changes to Medicaid which amount to large cuts that are turned into state block grants and wording which would allow large corporations to purchase coverage in the least restrictive state.<br />It would require a lengthy focused discussion to get at all the obscenities in this bill. Essentially, in a nutshell, the Republican party is so depraved it will risk people's live by denying them medical care in return for large tax cut to the top decile.<br /><br /><br />@Shaw -- "Sunday "Disgusted With the GOP SOBs" Blog<br /><br />Cheer up Shaw, LePen got spanked badly and they'll be in a panic.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-50482825324787253392017-05-07T14:49:51.446-04:002017-05-07T14:49:51.446-04:00RN, we can only watch this and hope the American p...RN, we can only watch this and hope the American people continue to put pressure on the monsters who voted for the House bill.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-27865474777978464162017-05-07T14:48:42.350-04:002017-05-07T14:48:42.350-04:00Jersey, that is a harrowing story. I hope you and ...Jersey, that is a harrowing story. I hope you and Mrs. McJones continue to do well. I understand what you've gone through, because I've faced that bastard cancer (more than once) and am still being followed because of the rare cancer that I had treated at Mass. General two summers ago. Luckily I have insurance to see me through the whole ordeal, but I think of others who do not, and that enrages me.<br /><br />I agree that health care is a right. Without the ability to fight and conquer debilitating diseases, one cannot pursue life, liberty, or happiness. <br /><br />We are the third most populous country on the planet, and we have enough people to spread the risk around if we enroll Americans as soon as they begin to work. I understand there are many wingers who don't share this belief, and they're more often than not people who haven't had their life savings wiped out because of a catastrophic illness or accident or they're rich enough not to worry about having a child die because of an illness. I don't understand those people. And never will.<br />Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-5944267410059182332017-05-07T14:34:10.927-04:002017-05-07T14:34:10.927-04:00Still has to make it through the senate and it wil...Still has to make it through the senate and it will be a different bill than the house passed. Then the two bills will have to be reconciled.<br /><br />Public option is not with the abortion bill the house passed and senators Will be concerned with keeping their jobs. <br /><br />Public pressure must be applied. RESISTANCE against the miscreants must be vicious and unrelenting.<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-29997682153236324982017-05-07T14:19:07.570-04:002017-05-07T14:19:07.570-04:00...
My wife was able to get work immediately in t...<br />...<br /><br />My wife was able to get work immediately in the public schools and so we were back on at least pretty-good insurance. Then came the recession, and she had not enough tenure in the public schools to survive the 500 teachers that county immediately laid off. We've been doing whatever we can since. I wound up as a local restaurant manager. Then came two serious illnesses. She came within a hair of dying from a heart infection about 5 years ago that left her with multiple organ and system damage, and then I, last year, was diagnosed with a mutation of the B-Cell Lymphoma that spread over half my body, one that I, by all my history and genetics, shouldn't even have because of my unique genome (we Americans are amazing little mutts). Six months of R-CHOP chemo-immuno therapy. No income. No unemployment. No disability. Not allowed to have assets beyond very, very little. Cancer is nothing compared to what happens to you financially when it hits.<br /><br />I am currently cancer free, just finished chemo, but am crossing my fingers because there is very little data on particular people like me with this particular cancer, so no one knows the likelihood of recurrence. Regardless, as we all know, there <em>is no cure</em> for cancer. It is <em>by definition</em> a preexisting condition - as is my wife's condition.<br /><br />We have tried to manage things very carefully, and to our credit, when we were younger, we prepared for the future and were able to keep our heads above water, but this cancer was the final blow. We are now dependent on the kidness of family and friends to get by. We are VERY lucky in that sense too. Now, after I have a couple more surgeries and hopefully remain cancer-free, I have to get back to work. What the hell am I going to do about insurance??? I'm almost 50! Who wants to cover the 50-year-old guy with the weird cancer??? There's a <em>market</em> for that???<br /><br />I was always lucky, until just recent years, had great coverage, great doctors and such, but I always believed healthcare should be a right, it should be paid by one payroll tax, we can disperse it however we like, we can contract the private system is we must, whatever - we just have to make sure <em>everyone</em> is covered and paid-for. Then employers won't care so much about these things, our products will be cheaper, <em>people don't lose everything they have right after finding out they're terrifyingly sick</em>, and guys like me, who are smart and tough and want to work, can find work, etc. Now? Before the cancer they wanted over $700 a month. I can't imagine what future premiums may be.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-67989271758167736312017-05-07T14:17:53.336-04:002017-05-07T14:17:53.336-04:00Yeah, ya' know, though I'd had more than m...Yeah, ya' know, though I'd had more than my share of injuries when I was young, I was always lucky when it came to my health and healthcare, until recently.<br /><br />Typical wild American rock kid from NJ, NY, CA. Went to some college. Roamed around a lot. Partied too much. Into the music scene, but learned young and from experience to avoid the hard drugs. A night drinker (for far too long than I'd like to admit), though I quite that some years ago now. Smoker (not any more). Had a bunch of surgeries for various injuries. At 6' 1 1/2, around 200lbs, strong and fast and hyperactive and charismatic, I thought I was <em>made</em> of heavy metal.<br /><br />Always had great coverage, through my mom, who worked in the St. Clair system. Then I had great coverage from work for many years. There was one year when I'd regretted not having the insurance, in my early twenties, but a surgeon and a therapist, both from Columbia (the school), fixed me pro bono. How's that for wonderful people! Funny, that was back when "Hillarycare" was being debated. My physical therapist was convinced the HMO's would make everything just fine. We argued about that. Even in my early 20's, I knew full well single-payer was the only way to go - for ethical, moral, economic, and rational reasons. I'd already been around a bit by then. <br /><br />In our early years together, my wife graduated college, top of her class, Jesuit school, and <em>chose</em>, a decision we thought was the right and good thing to do, to teach at a small, poor Catholic school in the inner-city that paid very little. She was very successful with that, and my income and coverage was enough for the both of us.<br /><br />Then my wife and I moved to FL, just before the recession. It was a family emergency, having to do with old age, Medicaid, and her family losing an estate in FL, that was in possession, at the time, of a 90+ year-old grandmother alone at the hands of dubious "managers" of her care, and a state with it's claws hovering over her assets. 1000 miles away from anyone in the family who could do anything about it. So we moved to Florida. Secured grandma and took great care of her and she lived to be almost 99. ...<br /><br />cont...Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com