It passed

[valarltd]

The bill is not perfect. It's barely acceptable.

On the other hand as someone whose kids have pre-existing conditions and whose writing partner is a childless adult with minimal income, this may be a lot better than what we were having last year.

It eases my worries a little if I can carry my kiddo on my insurance until she's 26 (8 more years) and she can't be refused for her own.

And getting Naomi in to see a real doctor for her multiple health problems, since she'll be covered under medicaid in 2014, will also be of the good.

Mudd's had his usual whine of "but how are we going to PAY for it?" I responded with my usual, "I have no idea, but every other civilized country manages it. Maybe now we can get health outcomes better than Sierra Fucking Leone."

It's a start.

Comments

[firefly67.livejournal.com]

I'm curious (to put it mildly) to see what the outcome of Obama's bill will be, as our *&*%$! governor just revealed that he's going to do his best to stick University retirees, some of whom, like me, have a tiny fixed income, with a $300-a-month premium on our health benefits, in addition to whatever we are already paying for our dependents' care (in my case I am paying $100/month for my spouse who has no insurance other than workman's comp. I wouldn't feel that I really had a right to bitch--except that I worked all those years at jobs I really didn't enjoy, in an environment that daily tried my patience and made me feel like 2nd-best, because of the promise of good and inexpensive health care benefits at retirement.So much for promises.

In England, my friend & his spouse now get their meds for free, and get help with major expenses, because they turned 60. Here, when you turn 60, you just become a victim, no longer representable by your own union once you retire, and fair game for the government to start ripping you off.

[montgomeryscott.livejournal.com]

It's a start, but I hope that our government isn't too busy either quibbling or patting themselves on the backs to finish the job.

In my state, we passed independent legislation that allows for carrying children until 29, but I'm glad to see that there's progress for the other states who hadn't done so.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Mudd's had his usual whine of "but how are we going to PAY for it?"

We already pay for it. Emergency rooms aren't allowed to refuse care, and hospitals recoup those costs by charging more to patients who can pay. If we made preventative care available for all, so that people didn't wait until an ear infection went systemic to seek treatment, or got their cancers treated in early, easily curable stages, we'd save billions.