I can't tell you how many people I know who want to start their own businesses, but are staying in soul-sucking jobs because they have pre-existing conditions.
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jun 28, 2012 6:29:42 am PDT #11722 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2012 6:29:45 am PDT #11723 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Daily Caller aez:
Congratulations, Americans: The government owns your bodies
Well OK then.
Connie Neil - Jun 28, 2012 6:30:43 am PDT #11724 of 30001
brillig
Gods, the things I've done employment wise because of Hubby's health . . . He's got Medicaid, but having my insurance cover him has always been essential, to.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2012 6:31:25 am PDT #11725 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Even if the ACA only required insurance companies to take people regardless of pre-existing conditions, it would be worth it.
Except the individual mandate is needed to avoid adverse selection (as otherwise healthy people would not buy health insurance until they get sick, which goes against the very idea of insurance).
Steph L. - Jun 28, 2012 6:31:37 am PDT #11726 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Roberts is the Severus Snape of the Supreme Court.
He voted for healthcare because he's always been secretly in love with Obama's mom?
Where is the damn "LIKE" button???
Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2012 6:33:21 am PDT #11727 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Stolen from a friend who stole it from somewhere else:
You are not required to buy health insurance. If you do not, you pay more taxes. If you do not have children, you pay more taxes, if you do not have a mortgage, you pay more taxes, if you do not get married, you pay more taxes, if you do not donate to charity, you pay more taxes, etc. I see no one claiming that the government is REQUIRING you to do any of these things. It is the exact same thing.
Consuela - Jun 28, 2012 6:33:26 am PDT #11728 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Except the individual mandate is needed to avoid adverse selection
True dat, as they say.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2012 6:33:32 am PDT #11729 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's not a puppy; it's a Muppet.
It's the dragon (?) from Neverending Story!
I am glad I don't have political people I disagree with on my FB.
Consuela - Jun 28, 2012 6:34:48 am PDT #11730 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
P-C, that's a great quote.
And man, buying a house is a great way to save on your taxes. IJS. It's a complete scam in favor of homeowners, but nobody sees it that way, even now, when so many people have lost so much in the wake of the housing crisis. Americans still have this almost pathological need to own real property.
amych - Jun 28, 2012 6:35:08 am PDT #11731 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ginger, I've been saying for ages now that actualfax universal health care would be the most pro-business thing imaginable, for just that reason.
Of course, the biggest ranters I'm seeing in my fb stream (all military and busy spreading the "welcome to the socialist republic of amerika!" meme) already have government-provided health care, so it somehow just doesn't get through...