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In reply to the discussion: Why Republicans Are Opposed to Supporting the Poor - An Open Secret [View all]lark
(23,097 posts)43. Both my husband and I are managers and we certainly don't feel safe from his policies.
I'm very close to retiring and my younger husband has a chronic condition and no insurance through his work. I've always covered the familys' insurance needs, but Medicare is just for the individual. I'm really worried if we will be able to afford insurance for him through the ACA or even a hell of a lot worse, Trumpcare. I'm worried about what happens if we live longer than expected, exhaust our savings for medical care, and need nursing home care but Medicaid is a block grant and stupid FL Repugs set maxes and we get kicked out and have no other resources. No one is safe except for the 1%ers, no one.
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Why Republicans Are Opposed to Supporting the Poor - An Open Secret [View all]
MineralMan
Mar 2017
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That's true for the conservative anarcho capitalists but I think it goes deeper than that..
JHan
Mar 2017
#1
Thanks--I was wondering what Will could have meant by "socialism doesn't work",
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2017
#63
Years ago the state of Texas eliminated critical thinking classes in schools
Stargazer99
Mar 2017
#42
There would be plenty of huge costs in human misery if there were not mandates
Stargazer99
Mar 2017
#48
The Reich Wing's treatment of the poor is why the French invented the National Razor.
kairos12
Mar 2017
#16
In a similar way we have homeless people and people locked up in inhumane prisons.
hunter
Mar 2017
#22
Interesting. SC justices do now realize their very existence is in danger
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2017
#112
Both my husband and I are managers and we certainly don't feel safe from his policies.
lark
Mar 2017
#43