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Please, please let me keep the freedom to be denied health coverage

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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:23 PM
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Please, please let me keep the freedom to be denied health coverage
because of pre-existing conditions or face recision if I'm lucky enough to get coverage and then actually make a claim.

Give me liberty so I can just die.
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   That's what it boils down to.  Vinca   Nov-07-09 05:24 PM   #1 
   Yes, I want the freedom to fear illness, not for the suffering  boobooday   Nov-07-09 05:25 PM   #2 
   Let us eat cake! Let us eat cake!  tblue   Nov-07-09 05:26 PM   #3 
   That needs to be a sign at the next tea bagger rally  GreenPartyVoter   Nov-07-09 05:26 PM   #4 
   This bill will not force you to go  BootinUp   Nov-07-09 05:26 PM   #5 
   Got sarcasm?  prolesunited   Nov-07-09 05:28 PM   #7 
      apparently not at the  BootinUp   Nov-07-09 05:59 PM   #15 
   Republicans keep repeating that the bill will limit people's ability to go to their own doctor  aint_no_life_nowhere   Nov-07-09 05:27 PM   #6 
   Your death will represent...  Davis_X_Machina   Nov-07-09 05:31 PM   #8 
   LOL  prolesunited   Nov-07-09 05:36 PM   #10 
      That's proper team spirit.  Davis_X_Machina   Nov-07-09 05:38 PM   #11 
   Haha! I just made a thread about this exact same thing.  tmyers09   Nov-07-09 05:33 PM   #9 
   But every American has health care!  liberalmuse   Nov-07-09 05:43 PM   #12 
   Yeah, just go to the ER for emergency chemo  prolesunited   Nov-07-09 05:44 PM   #13 
   LOL - Yeah it is pretty absurd. Recommending  emulatorloo   Nov-07-09 05:59 PM   #14 
 
Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:24 PM
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1. That's what it boils down to.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:25 PM
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2. Yes, I want the freedom to fear illness, not for the suffering
but because of the cost, too. That makes it so much more of a gamble/thrill/extreme lifestyle.
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:26 PM
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3. Let us eat cake! Let us eat cake!
They are so stooopid.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:26 PM
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4. That needs to be a sign at the next tea bagger rally
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:26 PM
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5. This bill will not force you to go
to the hospital.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:28 PM
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7. Got sarcasm?
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:59 PM
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15. apparently not at the
instant I responded.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:27 PM
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6. Republicans keep repeating that the bill will limit people's ability to go to their own doctor
and it is an attack on their freedom. I never hear specifics on that notion from Republicans. Is there even a shred of evidence of this?
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:31 PM
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8. Your death will represent...
...an important milestone on the path to a good bill. Surely you can draw consolation from that in your last hours. Someone's got to take one for Team DU.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:36 PM
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10. LOL
Fact is I *do* have pre-existing conditions and just about have exhausted COBRA. I am really hoping this passes and I don't die or bankrupt the family before I can get coverage. And given our income, I'm sure we will qualify for a subsidy.

But, if it goes the other way, I'll be sure and let DU know so they can use my life as a political prop in their quest to get a perfect bill right out of the gate.
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:38 PM
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11. That's proper team spirit.
...we'll mow your uniform number into the outfield grass, or something.
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tmyers09 Donating Member (293 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:33 PM
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9. Haha! I just made a thread about this exact same thing.
Great minds think alike.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:43 PM
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12. But every American has health care!
So say the people whose world ends at the tips of their noses. Fuck everyone else.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:44 PM
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13. Yeah, just go to the ER for emergency chemo
or tumor removal and see where that gets you.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:59 PM
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14. LOL - Yeah it is pretty absurd. Recommending
and keeping my fingers crossed!
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