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[STATUS] Dying a little bit on the inside
8 years ago
I've been busy with medical stuff and the bureaucratic complications that go along with medical stuff, mostly the latter.
Sorry for delays.
Sorry for further delays.
I AM GOING TO FINISH THE ART
I HAVE NEVER MISSED AN OBLIGATION AND I DO NOT INTEND TO START NOW
The following phrase accurately describes the state of my life right now:
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Not actually dying imminently. That was an exaggeration. If you want to help, the best thing you can do for me right now is (if you are a US Citizen) make every effort to pester to your government representative to make sure the statutes saying that you cannot raise premiums or deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions, so that I will continue to have health insurance (that I get privately through an employer and pay for at the same rate as everyone else, not medicaid, which is a whole different lecture for a different day) for the things that I need to live.
I know it sounds very politically motivated, but seriously guys...do you remember what the world was like before the insurance mandates? The insurance companies would refuse to cover anyone who was already sick, so that a person born with any kind of illness or anyone who developed a chronic problem while not on the payroll of a large company was pretty much screwed, because insurance would just shrug and say "Well, we know you actually need medical care, so we're not going to sell you insurance because we know we'd lose money on you." and then that person would still have to deal with paying the jacked up prices for healthcare that exist because of insurance. It wasn't a good thing. I grew up expecting the world to continue operating like that, and I'm kind of surprised that I made it this far. Now, I am definitely a little alarmed at the possibility that the world will go back to how things were, and I won't make it that much further because I am dying a little bit on the inside.
Sorry for delays.
Sorry for further delays.
I AM GOING TO FINISH THE ART
I HAVE NEVER MISSED AN OBLIGATION AND I DO NOT INTEND TO START NOW
The following phrase accurately describes the state of my life right now:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
...
Not actually dying imminently. That was an exaggeration. If you want to help, the best thing you can do for me right now is (if you are a US Citizen) make every effort to pester to your government representative to make sure the statutes saying that you cannot raise premiums or deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions, so that I will continue to have health insurance (that I get privately through an employer and pay for at the same rate as everyone else, not medicaid, which is a whole different lecture for a different day) for the things that I need to live.
I know it sounds very politically motivated, but seriously guys...do you remember what the world was like before the insurance mandates? The insurance companies would refuse to cover anyone who was already sick, so that a person born with any kind of illness or anyone who developed a chronic problem while not on the payroll of a large company was pretty much screwed, because insurance would just shrug and say "Well, we know you actually need medical care, so we're not going to sell you insurance because we know we'd lose money on you." and then that person would still have to deal with paying the jacked up prices for healthcare that exist because of insurance. It wasn't a good thing. I grew up expecting the world to continue operating like that, and I'm kind of surprised that I made it this far. Now, I am definitely a little alarmed at the possibility that the world will go back to how things were, and I won't make it that much further because I am dying a little bit on the inside.
Really don't want it to be all down to personal insurance, because I'm not sure I'll be able to afford to... well, live, really. Without the meds I get ill, and if I get ill I'll end up not being able to work, which will make me even less able to afford the meds. It seems insane that a developed nation would either fail to implement national health, or choose to privatise it once they have it...
I think a lot of people don't quite realise that anyone can get ill or injured at any time. Just because you're a healthy person in general doesn't mean some idiot won't run you over tomorrow, or that you won't get diagnosed with something new. Not wanting healthcare that's free at the point of use is a very optimistic decision...
Hang in there man, the world likes to throw these obsticles at us!
Sure there needs to be a happy medium between being denied and being able to deny insurance and I'm not the expert to even guess what that solution would look like... but if I DON'T have insurance, I pay for 3/4ths the cost I would pay anyways. Last year that was true; this year, though, my rates did go up (by how much I don't know) and all I know is the IRS gets my full income tax amount to partially cover my +$200 coverage, I pay $98, and I almost never see a doctor and have the lowest bar insurance in my state. IRS fee for noncompliance is $900.
That's all about my side. In the insurances defense, there is literally a rule written into that law that says if they don't outdo themselves every single year in marketing and kickbacks to insured people, the insurance company loses federal financial compensation(MediCaid Medicare). It means they lose those people that fall under that kind of coverage, lose revenue, lose the competition; and some company monopolizes until the next year when again the rules cause too great a burden to stay competitive.
But I don't trust the IRS to handle my money or anyone else but myself to handle my money, So there has to be a change in the rules; so that I don't get turned down under reasonable circumstances, and I don't get fined $900 for noncompliance.