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CrispyQ

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26. It's time to buy a gun.

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 03:49 PM

Dec 2016

So if I get too sick, I can check myself out. I'm not letting the medical industry devour our nest egg. This is not the first time I've thought of getting a gun since Election 2016. I have other reasons for thinking it might be a good idea.

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Tom Price's Plan to Destroy Medicare: "Balance Billing" Seniors into Bankruptcy [View all] enough Dec 2016 OP

Would you update with the link? Thank you. eom guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Link: demmiblue Dec 2016 #2

Thank you demiblue. Haven't got the knack of copying things with iPad. enough Dec 2016 #33

Balanced billing bankrupted my parents back in the 80s when my dad had cancer. doc03 Dec 2016 #3

I thought balance billing wasn't allowed under Medicare currently? Doremus Dec 2016 #14

I think that the article says that it isn't Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #15

That's exactly what they're planning to change. NT enough Dec 2016 #41

I guess your dad wasn't old enough then to be on Medicare? Ilsa Dec 2016 #22

He was on Medicare I think it was changed sometime over the years. I think it doc03 Dec 2016 #39

link Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #4

Ah ha, ha, ha, ha.... Raster Dec 2016 #7

But he said he was draining the swamp? Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #8

He's not draining the swamp... Raster Dec 2016 #11

So republicans heard "take" thought they heard "cake" and got in line? Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #12

Anymore, "DRAIN THE SWAMP" . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #25

Anybody who seriously believed that he was for the "little guy" Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #17

I completely agree. I did not support Clinton in the Primary... Raster Dec 2016 #23

Nope. Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #29

McCheetohead when he was 7 ... aggiesal Dec 2016 #21

Don't believe he'll get far with that as soon as 40 Million seniors and disabled watch Supplemental Hoyt Dec 2016 #5

There is no question they will attempt to take everything away, including Social Security Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #9

Filibuster in the Senate (for as long as it lasts)? Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #18

I think the filibuster goes day one, literally. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #20

I'm not sure Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #27

and for those not able to get supplemental plans PRETZEL Dec 2016 #13

Supplemental is already going up. dhol82 Dec 2016 #32

Thats the thing; the "3rd rail" usually gets Congressmen nervous 7962 Dec 2016 #34

People will die penniless gratuitous Dec 2016 #6

The younger people will fight this once they realize elehhhhna Dec 2016 #16

Let the wealthy go, then gratuitous Dec 2016 #19

And thats the retirement plan of many of the 30-ish; inherit their parents assets 7962 Dec 2016 #35

We need a million Grandmother March. roamer65 Dec 2016 #10

Great Idea. This could be fun! Make this handbags be from Ivanka's Made in China line delisen Dec 2016 #28

My plan bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #24

It's time to buy a gun. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #26

although that sounds macrbe onethatcares Dec 2016 #30

"... then they lay you on the table and extract your wallet." CrispyQ Dec 2016 #43

Thinking about putting a fake one in a wood frame with a glass front, mount it on the wall elmac Dec 2016 #38

I agree - a bullet and a gun right next to the aspirin in the medicine cabinet. airplaneman Dec 2016 #40

Lets see if Chuck Schumer has a mouth when it comes to defending CentralMass Dec 2016 #31

He sure is a sleazy one busterbrown Dec 2016 #36

I was charged 10 times what insurance companies pay elmac Dec 2016 #37

K&R SMC22307 Dec 2016 #42