Next time your out in public, which is not a lot lately huh? Because Trump has done such a "tremendous" job handling the pandemic we've all been turned into hermits...
... look around you and count 1 out of every 10th person.
That's the person who will will have their health insurance premiums skyrocket if the Republicans successfully elect a 9th Supreme Court judge who helps them eliminate the Affordable Care Act.
That's just factoring in the 1 out of every 10 Americans who have DIABETES.
There's many more possible "pre-existing conditions" the greedy health conglomerates will use to increase people's out of pocket costs or outright bounce people off insurance plans.
There's asthma, epilepsy, cancers, lupus, sleep apnea… and of course the 20 to 30 million people who will have CORONAVIRUS!
22 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea. There will be even more people who will have sleeping disorders when we start seeing the effects of this Republican plan to gut "AFFORDABLE" health care!!!
It's just all part of the raping of the Working Middle Class Poor... Who for decades have paid for the health care costs of the Poor too.
Oh, here we go... Doubting Trump fans are shaking their heads... "Bruce you're a libtard, socialist... the Working Middle Class Poor don't pay for the poor".
BULLS**T.
I had the very important role to be the person who oversaw my aging Mother's health in her final years. She had a pretty healthy 93 years with only minor health concerns but in her late 80's she met some serious challenges.
My Mother and my Father worked hard for decades of their lives and had "excellent health insurance". STILL there were times when her "excellent health insurance" were challenged.
I would get letters from her insurance company (One of those major conglomerates I mentioned above, who had flashy feel-good advertisements on TV all the time telling people how "excellent health insurance" they were). In these letters that you almost had to be an Attorney to understand there would be little statements about UNCOVERABLE treatments.
It was a constant battle in my Mother's final years challenging these "UNCOVERABLE treatments"... an arm-wrestling match to question the legitimacy of our claims, and the "excellent health insurance" company's claims they would not have to reimburse us.
We usually won, but only after sitting on the phone, listening to low-level "excellent health insurance" representatives tell us "Sorry".
As my Mother's condition got more severe and we had to admit her into the hospital. She was suffering from dementia. I sat in an Administrators office and I was grilled about EVERY DAMN PIECE OF PROPERTY, EVERY ASSET, EVERYTHING MY MOM OWNED, AND THE VALUE OF HER HOUSE.
Why???
Simple. Most Americans DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE. People get sick, they have accidents and they go to the hospital. They usually get treated for their illnesses and accidents and are left with ASTRONOMICAL MEDICAL BILLS!!!
I know several good hard-working law abiding college educated people with good careers, good paying jobs WHO HAD NO CHANCE IN HELL OF EVER PAYING OFF THEIR MEDICAL BILLS!!!!
So, what did they do?... they went bankrupt. Played "financially dead". The Hospitals then turned to people like MY MOTHER to obtain money lost. They soaked MY MOTHER for every cotton ball, every napkin, every pillow fluffed during her (thankfully) short stays in the hospital.
MY WORKING MIDDLE CLASS POOR MOTHER PAID TO COMPENSATE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS.
Thankfully, My Mother's condition improved toward the end. She lived with us comfortably, we had nurses come in to take care of her, she ate well, enjoyed life.
My Father unfortunately pass
