Bradford-Trent, 54, knows she was lucky this time. But, because
her family can’t afford health insurance, she worries about the next
time something happens.
A job is a contract for someone else to make money off your work. To pay $10 an hour, the employer had to be making $15-20 . Otherwise, the “job” doesn’t exist We need a broader recognition how much work people do that isn’t a “job.” That work is valid too, and people who do it deserve health care too.
“We would like to see that all Americans have access to unaffordable health care. Nobody should be favored including those with pre-existing conditions. We believe that markets work and that everybody should pay in accordance to the risk they represent to the profitability of their local network”…
Still votin’ for Trump tho amirite
This situation describes my family situation exactly, even down to the 25% of my take home income being taken up by just insurance premiums, with another $500 a month (at least) spent paying down debt and follow-up from a post-c-section health disaster. This all means we really need a more comprehensive health plan, and not a lower premium quick fix, and have to keep drawing away savings funds to afford the one we have (and thank goodness we have that cushion). I don’t expect my senators (Cruz and Cornyn) or US rep (Lamar Smith, soon to probably be Chip Roy) to give a damn about any of that, though.
In this case youwrong. Trump appears on no ballot this year.
More to the point, I know it’s great sport to throw rhetorical rocks at the entire populations of Western states, but (1) a lot more elections this year are about local issues, and (2) those “local” issues include health care, which is a significant factor in more than a few red-state elections.
Now, I’m not saying that Idaho is going to turn blue this year or anything, but you are tarring with a rather broad brush there.
The costs are outrageous. The Republican neglect of the health insurance crisis is criminal. These costs are eating families alive. We’re all having to choose whether to die or live in destitution.
I say no health benefits for members of Congress, the White House, or Supreme Court. They don’t provide a service, they shouldn’t get any benefits.