OK, the Affordable Care Act makes me feel 100% better about losing my job.....

[RegieRocker]

84. I lived

in a 790 sq ft home with a family of 5 for many years. Cost to heat with wood and oil $250.00 a year, elec in summer $75 a month. Lived off a combined income of $25,00 for years. Drove used cars and fixed them myself. Actually for the last 9mo's I was putting $800.00 a month in the bank. Income rose. There is a lot more to this story and 99% of the population wouldn't have lived in this situation but we did. It was dangerous at times but we prevailed. It was also very beautiful. I miss it. I was poor but I didn't have poor people ways that kept me poor. Both my wife and I worked two jobs and pulled ourselves out of the situation. Lost my job at a GM plant and she lost her job at a newspaper that went out of business. Late 70's early 80's. I still work an average of 90hrs a week and I am 57. Two businesses, one substantial and one supplemental. I never give up hope. Not for material things but for a better life for my family. That does include medical care.