Well crap, Trump is ending healthcare cost-sharing subsidies for the ACA. How much awful fucking shit can he put into a single week? It's so frustrating, especially since he probably has no idea what he's doing.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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Gudanov - Oct 13, 2017 4:48:26 am PDT #17680 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Katerina Bee - Oct 13, 2017 5:36:01 am PDT #17681 of 30002
Herding cats for fun
He knows how to break stuff, that's all.
askye - Oct 13, 2017 6:07:42 am PDT #17682 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I can't read the news anymore. Well not for awhile . Trump and the subsidies....i can't deal with this. I can't deal with the feeling that people are going to hurt and the WH admin and GOP leadership are probably celebrating.
I also have a job interview in 2 hours for a job and trying to fight back my grief and rage is distractibg. I feel so weak for not being able to handle any past of what is going on with the country.
-t - Oct 13, 2017 6:09:01 am PDT #17683 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can't even tell who that is supposed to benefit. Subsidies are the kind of low-income assistance conservatives prefer, aren't they?
The commute from my parents house to work is shorter than from my house. I'm not sure how I feel about that. No change in my immediate circumstances from yesterday.
-t - Oct 13, 2017 6:09:23 am PDT #17684 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Interview~ma, askye.
Calli - Oct 13, 2017 6:18:11 am PDT #17685 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Interview~ma, askye.
In other news, troubleshooting this open source learning management system is proving rage-inducing. Just show the course on the catalog page! It's open for enrollment—show the blasted thing!
brenda m - Oct 13, 2017 6:24:59 am PDT #17686 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
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I spent way too long trying to figure out what that is.
askye - Oct 13, 2017 6:26:20 am PDT #17687 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
It's tax dollars going to ACA and the poor it's the kind of thing people like Paul Ryan hate. Some GOP are upset but other aren't .
It means instead of costing $700/nth I paid $25. Although hpbealty my income fell below the $11,500 range and I should have reported it and I guess ended the subsidies but I never did. There is a min income level for subsidies because the GOP was against it being for everyone. Medicaid expansion should have helped those that make less than that but the expansion was optional and moat of the Republican controlled states opted out.
Gudanov - Oct 13, 2017 6:45:22 am PDT #17688 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
I can't even tell who that is supposed to benefit.
Nobody. These aren't the direct subsidies, but rather subsidies to insurance companies to offset especially expensive people. This backstop lets the insurance companies set their premiums lower which lowers the cost of the direct subsidies. So not only will this hurt people trying to get insurance through the ACA, but it will likely end up costing the government more since the subsidies will have to rise to deal with the higher premiums.
Laura - Oct 13, 2017 6:54:19 am PDT #17689 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
And of course it all ends up with people going back to the ER for primary care because insurance is too expensive.