Bernie Sanders Storms CNN And Stops A Lie About Democrats Dead In Its Tracks

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133. I am in that particular window myself,

and fortunate to have fairly affordable health insurance through a continuing policy from my spouse's former employer. (The health insurance options through my employer were okay but not as good.)

If spousal insurance benefits aren't available, thanks to the ACA you should be able to get coverage for maybe an arm and half a leg instead of both arms and both legs as would have been the case if TrumpRyanDontCare had passed.

Of course, the Republicans have actively worked to sabotage the evil spawn of Satan, "ObamaCare," and will continue to do so. So it would be prudent to plan for a possible future where the ACA's protections aren't in place.

If it were me, I'd probably go with a high-deductible plan and save, save, save until I had enough to cover the deductible for a couple of years -- not needing that dough for anything else. I know there are many others on this board with more knowledge of these matters than I have, so I hope they'll continue to share their expertise.

I believe one of the Republicans' goals is to make it harder for people to retire or to switch employers. The more of us who are dependent on "cubiclecare" from our current employer, or have limited employment mobility for other reasons, the better it supposedly is for the oligarchs.

Of course, we know that freedom and mobility are better for society as a whole -- but society as a whole is not what the gilded few care about.