Going over the Cliff

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Morganni wrote:

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Dartz wrote:

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It seems like utter lunacy to me.... to continuously keep beating on the door of one single issue rather than actually bothering to run the country.

It's a big issue. Leaving aside any directly healthcare-related concerns, a lot of people are worried about the various firings and hour-cuttings that are already happening in response to different provisions in the bill. (I find it more than slightly alarming that something which purports to improve health care is leading to so many people who work in the field losing their jobs. Not that it's just them being hit. I've never been so glad to work for a large company.)

-Morgan.

It's a pretty vital issue to me. I'd even call it life-threatening. Without insurance paying for my treatment -- and I've had one insurer try to call my condition "cosmetic" in the past -- I would spend what little would remain of my life in crippling pain, barely able to shuffle around like a 90-year-old, with every inch of my skin suffering the constant equivalent of borderline second-degree burns that NEVER HEAL. My health insurance is currently paying an utterly ridiculous amount of money to treat this condition (hint: it's about -double- my annual salary). Anything that threatens my access to health insurance willing to pay for that treatment, at a reasonable premium to me, is a direct attack on my LIFE. 
If Obamacare was a real solution, was actually going to provide worthwhile coverage... why is Congress exempt from it? Why are so many of the big labor unions, Obama's own biggest supporters, actively opposing it? 
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