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Fortinbras Armstrong

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16. My wife is in very poor health

Thu Oct 12, 2017, 05:54 PM

Oct 2017

She has diabetes that went undiagnosed and untreated for too long, because we spent a decade without health insurance. This has given her problems with her vision (the opthalmologist hopes he can preserve the vision in her left eye -- the right is pretty much hopeless), congestive heart failure and kidney problems. Now she has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AKA Lou Gehrig's disease), which has her confined to a wheelchair. Our lives revolve around her doctor's appointments.

We NEED health insurance. Fearless Leader would take it away. I might as well declare bankruptcy now.

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Republicans in Congress will LOVE it.... Bengus81 Oct 2017 #2

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Town hall meetings Maxheader Oct 2017 #10

The E.O. may end up in violation of the law BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #5

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I know. I was a 30+ year fed BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #8

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Fed up [pun] with Congress... noneof_theabove Oct 2017 #11

Everything he does is about those FAT tax cuts he wants for the richest of the rich.... Bengus81 Oct 2017 #12

Im confused... BlueIdaho Oct 2017 #13

Theres already low cost /free(fully subsidized) catastrophic plans on healthcareDOTgov. Sunlei Oct 2017 #14

My house is insured against freezing pipes bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #15

My wife is in very poor health Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2017 #16

The Deplorables are going to have an All New Thing to blame on Obama jmowreader Oct 2017 #17