What's with the glee over another DUer's wife's (possible) suffering?

[theboss]

96. Thanks for citing me

I've been posting here off and on since 2003. One of the reasons that I am more off than on these days is because I got exhausted by the never-ending stream of rage and bitching that fills up the front page here. Interesting threads drop off the front page in 20 minutes. "Old Man Yells At Cloud" threads survive for days and spawn sub-thread after sub-thread of people trying to purge one another from the ranks of the true believes. WP is one of the posters who I feel - perhaps unfairly - has helped to foster that environment.

Yet, I also believe that if you have knowledge you need to share it. And if you can help someone, you should. That's what this message board should be about.

I'll state this again: Will was completely and utterly full of crap about the ACA.

In 2008, if Will's wife had quit her job, she could have bought expensive COBRA coverage for 18 months. At the end of that, she would have needed to find a new job in 63 days or risk never being covered by any time of plan (group or otherwise) ever again until she reached Medicare age. She could have bought a very expensive individal plan - possibly - but it would not have covered any treatment related to MS (which could be anything from the flu to cardiac arrest). Today, she could get a individual policy that would - in point of fact - provide treatment for MS.

The issue was that it did not provide the specific treatment she wanted.

That is a very real problem and one that deserves sympathy.

But to ignore the overall truth is ridiculous - particularly for an alleged truth-seeking journalist.