y'all all just took an express trip on the wrong train. c'mon now.

And that would be different from any other day how, exactly?

I think the right-wingers have convinced themselves that if they can beat Obama on health care, he's toast politically. They are hoping history repeats, because after they pulled that off with Clinton, the next mid-term they took over both houses.

Today is batshit crazy. I'm completely on, thank god, or I'd be miserable. How many thing can I juggle at once? A lot, apparently.

What I'm hearing amongst my conservative friends is that most people who don't have health insurance (and somewhere there have to be talking points about this because it's the exact. same. thing.) choose to spend their money on better cell phones, flat screen tv's, and other nonsense they don't "need." (I would argue that for anything but a minimum wage/manual labor job, cells are a neccesity).

They really have never heard of someone being denied coverage, losing their jobs and COBRA lapsing (or not being able to afford it at all) or the underinsured.

Or they pretend they've never heard of it.

I am watching (listening) to this Frontline right now. [link]

(I would argue that for anything but a minimum wage/manual labor job, cells are a neccesity).

I certainly hope not.

I don't have health insurance. I haven't for almost 2 years. I'm a contractor, I don't get benefits, and on my hourly wage in this city's cost-of-living market I cannot afford independent health care coverage.

Right-wingers are to be ridiculed in this argument.

My sister, a solid Republican, hasn't had health insurance in years. This is one of the reasons she's put off getting her first mammogram. She's been remarkably quiet about the dangers of a public health care option.

I want a complete deadpan satire skit taking all this craziness being suggested as truth and coming out in favor of it. Death panels? you betcha

Watch last night's Daily Show--they had on a panel made up of John Oliver, Samantha Bee, and Aasif Mandvi, all discussing which form of death panel was best: universal death panels, free market death panels, or crazy-ass death panels . Oh, and Aasif put a curse on white people.

I certainly hope not.

There may be exceptions, but for the most part, bosses expect to be able to get in touch with you whenever.

Hell, my husband works in a bar and has a work cell, and if his boss can't get him on that, she calls me.

As a point of reference, how much does private health insurance cost per month if you're trying to get it on your own?

I can't say I've done a study, but from what little I've seen, it seems that, if you aren't getting in through your employer or some other group policy, any decent policy is probably going to run at least a good $1,000.00 a month. Is that accurate (recognizing that cost can vary based on, for example, age)?