YES WE CAN!

[arthoniel]

HEALTH CARE PASSED YESTERDAY!!

NOW I'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE ONCE I'M NOT ON MY PARENT'S PLAN ANYMORE!

NOW I WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT BECAUSE I HAVE A "PRE-EXISTING CONDITION" (ADD is considered a pre-existing condition. Even though it barely affects my life.)

NOW, EVEN AS AN ACTRESS, I'LL STILL BE ABLE TO

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[subwayfares]

Exactly.
And, hopefully, eventually we will get to a point where kids won't have problems like I had when I was twelve, where I was bleeding so badly I had to go to the emergency room, I had a diagnosed bleeding disorder, and I couldn't get the medicine I needed because my insurance agency was only willing to cover injectable drugs, and not the pills I was taking.

This is definitely a step in the right direction.

[arthoniel]

Yep. I honestly can't wait until we get to that point- it really will be a wonderful thing~

[irishgal487]

Very happy it passed. I understand the consequences we are going to have to deal with...but the fact that everyone is going to have health coverage, makes me happy!

[arthoniel]

I know, right? And the consequenses won't even be as much as so many conservatives keep saying they will. Yes, our taxes will go up a little. Maybe. Not even for all of us. But that's... really, that's it. Especially considering what we're getting for it, what we'll have to deal with is miniscule in comparison.

[scholars]

Private insurance companies seem to suck ass so YAAAAAAY

But my family has never had health insurance so idk what this actually means to me lol

[arthoniel]

YAAAAAAY indeed~ XD

Really? You've never had health insurance?? Well, you can get it now~ (Actually, you'll have to... but that is a very good thing.) Basically, with health insurance... well, medical bills can get expensive. Really expensive. Like, people have lost everything trying to pay for their medical bills. So now if, say, you or someone in your family needed an organ transplant, you'll actually be able to get it. Technically, you could have gotten it before... but the surgery and organ itself literally costs millions of dollars. Now, if you or someone in your family gets sick, or has some other kind of medical emergency, it won't ruin you. You won't have to go homeless to pay for medical bills. You won't have to worry about what you're going to do if you break a bone. You won't have to not get treated for a curable medical problem just because you pay for it. This bill does tons for you!

[scholars]

Nope! It's not that we can't get it - my parents never wanted it, I guess. We don't really get sick, and we don't live lifestyles that would really put as at risk for anything. Just basic things like maybe colds or the flu once in a while, and I had shingles once. And my dad and I need glasses. We pay ourselves.

What I'm wondering is, if we're going to get forced to have health insurance now... we'll have to pay for it, right? That sounds more expensive than what we're doing now... I doubt my parents would have bypassed insurance if it wasn't. Then again I don't really understand how insurance works, or how health insurance works, or how this new thing they did will change it so idek. Sounds cool for the sick people though.

[arthoniel]

But it's not even necissarily for an at-risk lifestyle! All you would need to happen would be for you to be crossing the street when some idiot drunk driver hits you, and you could be flooded with medical bills, and those really add up.

Uh... do you understand how health insurance works at all? Not, like, in a derogatory/elitist way or anything, but... I just want to make sure we both know what we're talking about so it's not confusing and stuff.

[engelen]

I AM NO OLNGER AFRAID OF LIVING IN THE US OH MY GOD!

[arthoniel]

AWESOME!! NOW WE CAN FINALLY MAKE THAT EPIC ANIMATED FILM OF EPICNESS TOGETHER!! XD

[engelen]

EFF YEAH!

[arthoniel]

IT'LL BE SO AWESOME. AND WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF US GETTING SICK DURING PRODUCTION!! 8D

[dewdropinn]

Not American, but I was happy to hear that too! That's awesome ♥

[arthoniel]

Haha, thanks~ Honestly, if it hadn't passed, I don't know what I'd have done. I would really, seriously, honestly consider moving up to Canada myself if it didn't... I mean, we still have so many problems, if we couldn't even get this done... but we did, so... yay! XD