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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 04:10 PM Feb 2017

She voted for Trump. Now she fears losing the Obamacare plan that saved her life. [View all]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-obamacare-trump-voter-20170224-story.html

Kathy Watson was anxious about her health coverage even before she woke up gasping for breath last month and drove herself to the emergency room with a flare-up in her heart condition.

After struggling for years without insurance, the 55-year-old former small-business owner — who has battled diabetes, high blood pressure and two cancers — credits Obamacare with saving her life.


Watson also voted for Donald Trump, believing the businessman would bring change. She dismissed his campaign pledges to scrap the Affordable Care Act as bluster.

Now, as she watches the new president push to kill the law that provided her with a critical lifeline, Watson finds herself among many Trump supporters who must reconcile their votes with worries about the future of their healthcare.


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I truly feel for her toddwv Feb 2017 #1
I don't. She decided to lay with a dog and now regrets fleas. Drahthaardogs Feb 2017 #36
I don't. I hope she and her kind suffer. liquid diamond Feb 2017 #63
Gonna be a lot fewer Republican voters this next election cycle Zorro Feb 2017 #65
Good. liquid diamond Feb 2017 #67
Well, he certainly brought change. marybourg Feb 2017 #2
Stupid is as stupid does kimbutgar Feb 2017 #3
I guess she voted for the freedom to die. Vinca Feb 2017 #4
I know several more just like her. Good looking Blue Heeler! Jim Beard Feb 2017 #5
That's like someone tying to pet a rattlesnake and then being surprised when they are bitten. LonePirate Feb 2017 #6
Best analogy I've heard in awhile. TBA Feb 2017 #10
THE SNAKE Generic Other Feb 2017 #46
EXACTLY!!! StarryNite Feb 2017 #50
I'm saving my sympathy... liberalmuse Feb 2017 #7
+1 narnian60 Feb 2017 #24
These fucking people infuriate me. bunnies Feb 2017 #8
I hope she's still alive to vote Democratic in 2018. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #9
If she's alive in 2018 you can bet your bottom dollar COLGATE4 Feb 2017 #15
Truth. n/t trc Feb 2017 #30
+1 n/t jaysunb Feb 2017 #44
My guess is that she thought Trump would take care of ignorant white wingers like her. Hoyt Feb 2017 #11
you know like Jim Crow laws, white folks get grandfathered nadine_mn Feb 2017 #58
All I can say is... orwell Feb 2017 #12
I'll add a few more: Initech Feb 2017 #14
I wonder how she feels about email servers now? GaYellowDawg Feb 2017 #13
Well, she is gonna get her change. Probably not the change she wanted, but LisaL Feb 2017 #16
So she voted for a Russian traitor who had repeatedly vowed to kill her. dalton99a Feb 2017 #17
So she voted for a Russian traitor who had repeatedly vowed to kill her. LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #29
This Watson lady .... flying-skeleton Feb 2017 #18
It's not as if 45 lied to her during the campaign about this. Ilsa Feb 2017 #19
I know people just like her - they are connecting the dots slowly Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #20
You voted to sacrifice yourself for krispos42 Feb 2017 #21
Nope, sorry. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #22
Just goes to show that stupidity can kill Horse with no Name Feb 2017 #23
How did she vote for Congress? Retrograde Feb 2017 #25
SORRY .... LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #26
Deplorable. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #54
made her bed. idiot. pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #27
No sympathy BigBoss Feb 2017 #28
'She dismissed his campaign pledges to scrap the Affordable Care Act as bluster' spanone Feb 2017 #31
too stupid to live! putitinD Feb 2017 #32
"But I thought only the Muslims, Mexicans, and homersexuals were gunna be Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #33
I don't have sympathy for people who vote against their own best interests. Luciferous Feb 2017 #34
Someone posted here earlier that these trump voter's are GULLIBLE...like this Watson woman... Tikki Feb 2017 #35
I have absolutely no aquamarina Feb 2017 #37
this comment sums up pretty well how I feel renate Feb 2017 #38
Dumbass. Her vote has and will hurt thousands of people. It should hurt her too NightWatcher Feb 2017 #39
Reminds me of an old song... procon Feb 2017 #40
Cry Me A River lester94111 Feb 2017 #41
Prayers to her benld74 Feb 2017 #42
Blinking back tears here. Really. hatrack Feb 2017 #43
sorry for her but proof "Obamacare" could not cure stupid... bagelsforbreakfast Feb 2017 #45
What "change" was she looking for? Klansmen on the NSC? She certainly wasn't... NNadir Feb 2017 #47
No sympathy here malaise Feb 2017 #48
Maybe tRump will attend her funeral StarryNite Feb 2017 #49
Elections have consequences. meadowlander Feb 2017 #51
I lost count Linc13 Feb 2017 #52
Dems didn't do anything to inform people that Obamacare is ACA. demosincebirth Feb 2017 #53
Yes, we did. People didn't want to hear. yardwork Feb 2017 #61
Nope. demosincebirth Feb 2017 #69
Horseshit fantasy land stuff right there BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #71
Idiot stick. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #55
Notice she still supports Trump, so obviously she is not educable: tblue37 Feb 2017 #56
Yes, there is that change thing she espouses Zambero Feb 2017 #60
How stupid is this quote? Hokie Feb 2017 #57
I'm hearing about more and more of these idiots NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #59
I am probably wrong to think this Solly Mack Feb 2017 #62
I'm sorry but she made her bed Demonaut Feb 2017 #64
Sad! But she got what she voted for. n/t Tatiana Feb 2017 #66
At least once a day Danascot Feb 2017 #68
Here's all the shits I give: BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #70
I have no sympathy for any orange guy supporter. They should have known akbacchus_BC Feb 2017 #72
Hmm, did she put racism / xenophobia over common sense? ecstatic Feb 2017 #73
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