Why I haven't been here very much lately...

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Originally Posted by Margies3

I know you all are gonna blast me for this. But I have to tell you the honest truth. The reason I've backed out of AFF lately is because I am totally tired of reading all the political stuff over and over and over and over. Most of us have already decided who we're voting for, so why do we have to keep rehashing all of the dirt again and again and again?

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually looking forward to November when we can get back to arguing over whether to cut women's hair or whether men should have facial hair or even whether nekid elbows are a sin or not.

Ok, carry on. I just wanted to put my 2 cents in

Wow you start a thread about how tired you are of reading about politics.
Then you post on a thread on Obama Care.
Go figure???

Here's the big deal in our case: Walt had to quit work in May of this year and go on disability. Our income is ok but unfortunately, when he left his company, it meant our insurance will be done as of the end of October. Yes, we can still get Cobra - but it will cost us $1600 a month!! I don't know about you, but $1600 a month is ALOT more than we can afford. So we've been looking at other options. And guess what - because Walt had an aneurysm that ruptured 6 years ago and because his aorta remains dissected the entire length of it, the only insurance we can get it not even worth getting. Insurance that will cost us $1000 a month and still offer no prescription insurance and have a deductible of $15,000 a year.

So try again to convince me that this Obamacare stuff is such a wonderful thing. Ain't gonna hapen. Now if someone would step in and totally overhaul the whole insurance industry - THAT person would get my vote for sure! Obama fell FAR, FAR short of doing that!