Has anyone been paying attention to Dylan Ratigan's twitter account?

[ZomBoy]

Dylan Ratigan ?@DylanRatigan 1h
Actually with my new higher cost HCR I should stop exercising and smoke more! Oh wait...hmmm.


He keeps on bashing the ACA! I understand people's frustration, but come on!!

[spanone]

1. no.

[ZomBoy]

2. probably best that way. Idk what bug crawled up his ass and died!

[kydo]

3. Who exactly is this Dylan Ratigan and why should I care?

[ZomBoy]

4. He WAS a host on MSNBC.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/dylan-ratigan-leaving-msnbc/?_r=0

[kydo]

6. never heard of him so I could care less about what he has to say

[ZomBoy]

8. well, thanks for your input.

I guess.

[kydo]

11. your welcome

sounds like I'm better off not knowing who he is...

[ZomBoy]

12. oops, I forgot this in the last post.

[kydo]

13. .....

what ever - have a nice day though

[ZomBoy]

14. I will, now.

[kydo]

15. cool

have fun

[ZomBoy]

17. Having TONS of fun!!! :)

It's Saturday!!!!

[kydo]

18. good for you

[ZomBoy]

19. It actually is good for me!!

having fun is what life is about, no?

[kydo]

20. of course

but if your just doing this to have the last word good luck

[ZomBoy]

21. I should at least try?

Don't ya think?

[kydo]

23. your choice

[ZomBoy]

24. That's a big decision...

[kydo]

25. shouldn't be

maybe you should go look at football or something....

[kydo]

39. .........

[kydo]

42. then go watch the damn thing but it isn't TWD that's boring me

[kydo]

45. ....... back at you

[kydo]

47. .......

[Warren DeMontague]

50. Zomboy

Oh, I get it.

[JoePhilly]

5. Hope his new plan includes mental health coverage.

[ZomBoy]

10. haha, exactly!!

[Skittles]

7. LOL

the poor baby

http://wonkette.com/533791/msnbc-millionaire-dylan-ratigan-has-to-spend-extra-4000-on-health-insurance-doesnt-even-get-any-subsidies-inpeach

[ZomBoy]

9. Can he cry any louder!?!?

[Whisp]

28. oh oh oh, he's got a Lot of money and is belly aching for $4,000 more...

which probably means he has Real insurance now.

Over the top pathetic, more like a pug or bagger than anything progressive (which I assume he calls himself)

[TheKentuckian]

16. Nope, I don't follow anyone's twitter.

[arthritisR_US]

22. Didn't like him or watch him when he was on

so I could care less about what he has to twitter about.

[Whisp]

30. The only thing I remember about him

in the last days before I said 'click' to MSNBC and cable in general is that unlike the rest of the daily show crew there that repeated the same 'story' all freaking day long - Ratigan seemed to veer away into other territory and not follow the parrot thing, so much. Anyway, that's was I remember about him, which was mostly positive.

But now that I know he is a cry baby rich man trying to grasp onto his every last dollar and whine like a baggerPug,
phfffft. Go fuck yer rich, selfish self, Dylan.

[arthritisR_US]

36. I thought he toted himself a libertarian and

his right wing schtick although not consistent was enough to drive me away and turn him off. His recent tweets don't surprise me in the least.

[LWolf]

26. I don't even know

who Dylan Ratigan is, let alone what he, or anyone else, "tweets," nor do I care. DON'T TELL ME.

[kydo]

27. sshhh, don't tell zomboy that or he will have a cow or something

[Kingofalldems]

29. He seems concerned. What do you think?

[Warpy]

31. High income people with platinum plans are squealing like stuck pigs

and he's a fine example of that. He would do better to focus on the built in flaws that short sighted corporation worshipers at Heritage built into it for everybody--like leaving bloodsucking insurance giants in the business, at all.

[Drunken Irishman]

32. So a rich person might have to pay a bit more for healthcare?

OH THE HUMANITY.

[Whisp]

33. Most of the comments there are hilarious...

Wow, he's not gonna be able to buy four bottles of Grand Cru de Douchebag 1972. What a terrible terrible sacrifice, all thanks to McBlackington Hussein Obama.

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And this is the guy who wrote the book Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry. Yeah, I have nothing else to add.

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Oh, if only he'd have reason to test the quality of each insurance plan to the fullest...

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. Who???

[babylonsister]

35. Booman has...

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/11/9/115850/300

Wanker of the Day: Dylan Ratigan

by BooMan
Sat Nov 9th, 2013 at 11:58:50 AM EST


Dylan Ratigan in an idiot. He claims that after he left his well-paying job at MSNBC he bought a catastrophic health insurance plan that cost him $170 a month. According to him, he cannot find a health care plan on the California exchange for less than $600 a month. So, I checked. I used their shop and compare tool and entered in Dylan's data: 41 years old, living in San Diego County, and making too much money to qualify for any subsidies. Here are the cheapest plans available to Dylan Ratigan.

Bronze (Anthem Multi State Plan Bronze 60, EPO): $237/mo.
Silver (Health Net Silver 70, HMO): $277/mo.
Gold (Heath Net Gold 80, HMO) $313/mo
Platinum (Health Net Platinum, 90 HMO) $377/mo

In other words, even if he gets the top-of-the-line platinum plan, he'll barely be paying more than half of what he said he'd be paying for the cheapest available plan.

"Well," you say, "maybe he's covering someone else on his plan?"

In that case, the Health Net Platinum 90 plan would cost him $525, and the Anthem Multi State Plan Bronze 60 plan would cost him $352.

So, he's either a liar or a moron.

I'm putting my money on both.

[bemildred]

37. What for? nt

[nyquil_man]

43. He should drink more, too! Oh wait...hmmm.

[RandiFan1290]

48. Welcome Back!

[Warren DeMontague]

51. Zomboy!

Is that, like, code for something?

[B Calm]

49. Dylan Ratigan, man that's a talking head I forgot all about.

I never cared for him we had his own show.

[bravenak]

52. I think he's still mad that Al Sharpton stole his show.

He was quite upset.

[jakeXT]

54. He was back on TV recently

[Warren DeMontague]

55. I stopped listening to him the minute he plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival.

[Skittles]

56. he's a rich asshole