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In reply to the discussion: What fresh hells? William Rivers Pitt [View all]Hekate
(91,659 posts)...the problem had nothing to do with Obama and the fault was not in the ACA after all.
WRP failed to do basic due diligence into his chosen health plan before signing up for it and before moving to a different state. He failed to do his due diligence in checking the plan's formulary for his wife's medications. He failed to learn his plan's procedures for getting his and his wife's doctors to request exemptions, changes, and exceptions from the plan.
I'm genuinely sorry his wife has a chronic and incurable disease. I am sorry these procedures are a pain in the ass. But he knew she was sick when he courted her. And every single one of us out here with a pre-existing condition and/or an adverse drug reaction has had to follow these same procedures to get the care we need and are paying for. Every single time my husband's employer changes our health plan, he personally goes over the paperwork with a fine-tooth comb -- because between the two of us we have about a dozen permanent meds, and some of the generics make us sick, and nearly all the brand names are hellishly expensive. It's just what you have to do, dammit.
But no. WRP got a case of raging hysteria and aimed it at President Obama. And every time someone here tried to help him with facts rather than joining in the rage-fest, he just doubled down.
So a lot of us are pretty much done with him and are flat-out of fucks to give.