Thank you, President Obama,
Since "Obama-care" was passed I (and all of my coworkers) have been seeing all of the shit with none of the perks.
We get emails all the time about how we're going to be penalized for smoking (but not for being fat or drinking cause, you know, that seems fair) and we're going to be paying almost double to keep the same coverage we have had for the last 2, 3 even 5 years and then some.
It really pisses me off. I don't see how it's fair to say "Hey! Remember how you've been working your ass off and paying your dues for good insurance? Well, we're gonna make you pay a lot more (or drop your coverage significantly) so the rest of America can receive health care that you see no tangible evidence of. Cheers!". Seriously, that's what it feels like. And most everyone I work with feels the same way. In the words of every unhappy child: It's. Not. Fair.
So I pulled one of my friends aside who's not as "well off" as I am. He wasn't able to get insurance through his place of work and yet he's listened to me bitch and moan for a month or two about my own sense of injustice. I finally said to him that it didn't matter, I wouldn't care if my rates were going up if it meant that he had coverage, so I told him to start keeping track of all his new "coverage" so I didn't go insane. I just wanted to know that he could get medicine as cheaply as I can, or go to the doctor for $15 and so on and so on.
And he told me he had health insurance now...
One thing I must have missed is that, thanks to this bill, insurance companies can't deny you for preexisting conditions anymore. So, he has insurance. If only for that one reason, I'm ok with this bill now. So, thank you, President Obama. I might not agree with you on much and I might hate what this bill is doing to me as an individual, but I'm fortunate enough that I can afford to help pick up the slack. And knowing that he can go to the doctor whenever he needs to is enough to satisfy me. Thank you.
Mr Biden was right; this is a big fucking deal.
We get emails all the time about how we're going to be penalized for smoking (but not for being fat or drinking cause, you know, that seems fair) and we're going to be paying almost double to keep the same coverage we have had for the last 2, 3 even 5 years and then some.
It really pisses me off. I don't see how it's fair to say "Hey! Remember how you've been working your ass off and paying your dues for good insurance? Well, we're gonna make you pay a lot more (or drop your coverage significantly) so the rest of America can receive health care that you see no tangible evidence of. Cheers!". Seriously, that's what it feels like. And most everyone I work with feels the same way. In the words of every unhappy child: It's. Not. Fair.
So I pulled one of my friends aside who's not as "well off" as I am. He wasn't able to get insurance through his place of work and yet he's listened to me bitch and moan for a month or two about my own sense of injustice. I finally said to him that it didn't matter, I wouldn't care if my rates were going up if it meant that he had coverage, so I told him to start keeping track of all his new "coverage" so I didn't go insane. I just wanted to know that he could get medicine as cheaply as I can, or go to the doctor for $15 and so on and so on.
And he told me he had health insurance now...
One thing I must have missed is that, thanks to this bill, insurance companies can't deny you for preexisting conditions anymore. So, he has insurance. If only for that one reason, I'm ok with this bill now. So, thank you, President Obama. I might not agree with you on much and I might hate what this bill is doing to me as an individual, but I'm fortunate enough that I can afford to help pick up the slack. And knowing that he can go to the doctor whenever he needs to is enough to satisfy me. Thank you.
Mr Biden was right; this is a big fucking deal.