Fancy That - Some RW Friends Of Ours Are Suddenly Supporters Of Obamacare

[BlueStreak]

38. Egads !! I didn't know that

And I am still unclear whether participation in an exchange means that insurance companies have to take all comers. I was thinking that the ones with expensive per-existing conditions might still have to go into a different high-risk pool.

Notwithstanding these details, I still think the big point stands about "Obamacare". Without that, we know exactly what this family faced. Assuming the husband survives 2 years. they could get 18 months of COBRA. and then they would be dumped on the street with absolutely no options. Absolutely no doubt about that. None whatsoever. No insurance company would cover them. As a practical matter, they would need to spend the next 18 months transferring assets to the wife, and then they would have to get divorced in order to avoid financial ruin for her. That is the Republican plan. There is absolutely no question about that. As Alan Grayson says, the Republican plan is to die quickly. This is a perfect illustration of that.

We may not have all the answers, but dammit, we are trying -- and without us, this woman's live would end in a shambles.

We should be telling that story every day.

Regarding this woman, I hope this becomes an epiphany for her. And if everything works out, the exchanges will be up and running before the COBRA runs out.