Okay, hang in there. We're all pulling for you.

OK, so it sounds like everyone is on your side except the insurance company? That's still shitty shitty shitty, but at least other people are working on your behalf.

I am so glad you have an understanding boss, msbelle. Sending your insurance a mental kick in the ass.

Fingers and toes crossed hard here, msbelle. I was telling my therapist about you and mac this morning, so you know my thoughts are with you guys.

In lighter news,

Dear Coworker: the reason the meeting is showing as "tentative" on your calendar is because you accepted tentatively. All you. Not me. xoxo.

IwillnotfeedtheenergycreaturesIwillnotfeedtheenergycreaturesIwillnotfeedtheenergycreatures.

jessica, I support you in this. The healthcare thing makes my blood boil.

msbelle, I am so sorry that insurance is being asshatty about all of this. Truly. If you need me too, even though I have no credit cards and only a passport I will figure out how to get on a plane to spend time being your person since I'm off for another two weeks.

It's this weird fucked up thing and it boggles that people think private insurance is anymore willing to approve things than a public option might be.

In other news, I spent two hours at the DMV today (no. really.) to replace my driver's license that is in my lost wallet. What is it about the DMV that is like the waiting room of the damned? It's like a land of broken people that I don't even want to be a tourist in.

I also replaced a AAA card and my costco card (they were on the way home from the DMV). Now I've got to figure out the rest. UGH.

Oh, msbelle, the situation is hard enough to deal with without added crap. This is the sort of thing I think of every time I hear one of the anti-reform nuts say, "Do you want bureaucrats making decisions about your health care?"

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Me too, Ginger.

This is the sort of thing I think of every time I here one of the anti-reform nuts say, "Do you want bureaucrats making decisions about your health care?"

So much this. To the point where if I try to talk rationally about it, flames start coming out of my ears.

[eta: I couldn't keep my mouth shut, so I went for broad moral values instead of direct engagement. This is what I wound up posting:

62% of bankruptcies in this country are due to medical costs which insurance companies refuse to pay. How anyone can realistically be arguing that a for-profit model of healthcare makes any sense at all baffles me.

We need a healthcare system whose business model is based on *providing healthcare*. Access to medical care should be considered a basic human right and something we DEMAND from our government, not something that politicians have to "ram down our throat."

The public option is a start. It's not perfect, but it's a start.... Read More

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This is the sort of thing I think of every time I hear one of the anti-reform nuts say, "Do you want bureaucrats making decisions about your health care?"

YES.