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mr_lebowski

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105. If the ACA goes away in favor of Graham-Cassidy ...

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 01:40 PM

Sep 2017

You probably won't be able to get individual insurance at anywhere close to as cheap as $1700 for you and hubby ... if you can even get it at all. Given that you've had cancer in the past, and that'll be considered a pre-existing condition.

Not sure you realize just how friggin' expensive individual insurance used to be for anyone with a pre-existing condition of ANY kind ... before the ACA. And there was no guarantee you could even get insurance, period. Anyone considering retiring before the age of 65 had damn sure better be fighting for the ACA tooth-and-nail ... or they aren't being very smart.

Also, curious how you know ... you 'lost the great coverage' ... due to the reason you've outlined? Sounds like a scenario you may well be imagining, quite frankly. A 'causal relationship' ... that did not actually exist, IOW.

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I think Jimmy Kimmel killed trumpuncare! [View all] boston bean Sep 2017 OP

He certainly didn't hurt our cause... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #1

He could easily lose his job over it , not likely now because of the Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #2

If he gets fired, I think that MSNBC needs a nightly comedian named NCjack Sep 2017 #7

He could lose his job peggysue2 Sep 2017 #33

I'm sure it helped his ratings. I'm so glad he did what's right. mucifer Sep 2017 #59

You sure of that? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #70

I would agree that he did more good than bad for his following. Gore1FL Sep 2017 #94

You can never know for sure which snowflake started the avalanche, but yeah I think so too. Girard442 Sep 2017 #3

do we still have to have the debate now? samnsara Sep 2017 #4

I hope we do. Qutzupalotl Sep 2017 #16

I really hope not. Promee Sep 2017 #38

Sadly, I agree. Control-Z Sep 2017 #76

Comedians can't save us Capperdan Sep 2017 #5

He was being anything but a comedian. He was being a good citizen. boston bean Sep 2017 #9

"Comedic relief"?! His very sick baby is not comedy to him!! Anyway, sometimes, yes, it WinkyDink Sep 2017 #13

Comedians have long been MontanaMama Sep 2017 #104

Jimmy Kimmel had a huge impact IMO. Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #6

He did a good job hosting the Oscars, too. spiderpig Sep 2017 #8

I didn't watch them. What happened? boston bean Sep 2017 #10

He was funny and kept the show moving. spiderpig Sep 2017 #12

He was a good host, is "what happened." WinkyDink Sep 2017 #14

Colbert hosted the Emmys Capperdan Sep 2017 #56

Last night with Al Franken and bannering the number to call congress made a difference lunasun Sep 2017 #11

Millions watch Kimmel. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #15

Thank you Jimmy Kimmel Gothmog Sep 2017 #17

Kimmel will not be fired. kstewart33 Sep 2017 #18

I don't think they will fire him. murielm99 Sep 2017 #21

I like all the comedic liberals: Jimmy, Seth, Stephen, Conan, Bill, John, Samantha, etc Bluepinky Sep 2017 #72

The late night comedians are given a lot of leeway, I think. As long as it doesn't hurt someone or Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #78

Great. Is he going to pay MichMary Sep 2017 #19

What? Say what? Repeat that, please. Are you criticizing someone who has done something good? nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #20

Nope. I'm criticizing MichMary Sep 2017 #29

It's better than nothing don't you agree? nini Sep 2017 #53

From my own perspective, MichMary Sep 2017 #55

It's saving my son's life right now nini Sep 2017 #60

Lucky You Me. Sep 2017 #63

Millions of people do not have that sentiment, from their perspectives... George II Sep 2017 #73

Post removed Post removed Sep 2017 #90

There is no health reform that is going to be cheaper for everyone. ehrnst Sep 2017 #99

Me tazkcmo Sep 2017 #100

NO you were not. No matter what insurance you had, or didn't. Hortensis Sep 2017 #101

Who is this person who thought the ACA was a panacea or perfect? Ninsianna Sep 2017 #64

Who said it was a panacea? I don't think anyone is. What would you like to see in it's place.... George II Sep 2017 #71

WTF? murielm99 Sep 2017 #22

Other than the Medicaid expansion, MichMary Sep 2017 #28

Without it, you're at the mercy of your local government, which gets no funding. Akoto Sep 2017 #36

Good wishes your way MichMary Sep 2017 #41

Set up a high risk pool and subsidize it. Blue_true Sep 2017 #81

It depends upon the state one lives in. Remember, the ACA was written on the hopes that.... George II Sep 2017 #61

In Michigan? Ninsianna Sep 2017 #62

Unless the agent we spoke to MichMary Sep 2017 #89

Um, no. As I said, it's the time you were looking at and you were not on the healthcare Ninsianna Sep 2017 #92

The point of this thread is NOT the ACA. It's the horrible new bill that every health organization & Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #77

You have valid points. Blue_true Sep 2017 #79

$9000 deductible???! Take this to the Cave. They love this stuff. Hortensis Sep 2017 #102

WTF are you talking about, What about the sick people who WONT be able to get insurance....... Old Vet Sep 2017 #25

Doesn't do them MichMary Sep 2017 #26

The point has never been that the ACA is perfect nikatnyte Sep 2017 #34

Yeah, I wish. MichMary Sep 2017 #35

+1. Plus the suggestion that Kimmel should PAY $, and not just use his position to persuade... Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #75

You don't seem to know much about it. Many lower income people who didn't have... brush Sep 2017 #40

I guess I should wish I was lower income, MichMary Sep 2017 #43

What we're all talkiing about is fixing the ACA. Your situation seems to be one of the fixes needed. brush Sep 2017 #45

No one has yet come up MichMary Sep 2017 #46

If we get the repugs off their anti-ACA kick and work with the Dems I'm sure things can... brush Sep 2017 #48

I think I see your problem with the ACA here. Ninsianna Sep 2017 #66

I respectfully submit that you don't fully understand how the ACA works or the reasons... George II Sep 2017 #74

The issue before Obamacare is those people were left out to get very sick. Blue_true Sep 2017 #84

Not sure if that is true. Obamacare offers preventative care check-ups brush Sep 2017 #86

Even when red states did not expand Medicaid, their poor citizens were covered by the national Blue_true Sep 2017 #88

I was wondering if Mich is for Michigan. LakeArenal Sep 2017 #42

Yes, Michigan MichMary Sep 2017 #44

Not sure what corner of MI you're in, but in the whole state and the whole country, the Ninsianna Sep 2017 #67

Thanks for the offer, MichMary Sep 2017 #87

What you were doing was not the ACA related healthcare marketplace. Ninsianna Sep 2017 #91

That's because Rick Snyder is doing whatever he can to make sure the ACA doesn't work. George II Sep 2017 #83

Yep. They've been flying planes into the ACA literally while it was being Hortensis Sep 2017 #103

AYFKM? Sedona Sep 2017 #97

Trumpcare or The Wizard Sep 2017 #23

THANK YOU JIMMY.......Your little boy is the cutest thing I have ever seen. onecent Sep 2017 #24

He is not going to get fired, all the late night good guys go after Dotard Motley13 Sep 2017 #27

He's been amazing! Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #30

Wow bpj62 Sep 2017 #31

No need to apologize DFW Sep 2017 #32

Just out of curiosity-- MichMary Sep 2017 #37

Insurance policy bpj62 Sep 2017 #47

That shouldn't happen MichMary Sep 2017 #51

If the ACA goes away in favor of Graham-Cassidy ... mr_lebowski Sep 2017 #105

Just want to add- MichMary Sep 2017 #39

Thank you bpj62 Sep 2017 #49

A good rant is worth hearing. Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #52

I agree. I hate to hear about your layoff. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #80

YES we do! We DO need people like Jimmy Kimmel to call out the lies and the liars! calimary Sep 2017 #95

One, repeal of Obamacare is far from dead. They have no intention of giving up Hortensis Sep 2017 #50

So True bpj62 Sep 2017 #57

Jimmy Kimmel, someone that gives a damn about people than just theirself. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2017 #54

I do think he deserves a lot of credit. trof Sep 2017 #58

They tried to use him and he fucking turned around and roundhouse punched them Quixote1818 Sep 2017 #65

Everyone has said it...and he tells the truth... simple and easy to understand.. Stuart G Sep 2017 #68

He's done (and is doing) a great job. But more important is that he's not doing it... George II Sep 2017 #69

There was one thing I noticed when I watched it a second time..The presentation was smooth. Stuart G Sep 2017 #82

he did a fantastic thing, but i'll believe it worked when we still have the ACA in December 0rganism Sep 2017 #85

the simple fact is DonCoquixote Sep 2017 #93

I've always liked Jimmy Kimmel..... Upthevibe Sep 2017 #96

Kudos to Kimmel. oasis Sep 2017 #98

K&R mcar Sep 2017 #106