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In reply to the discussion: I have been on DU for almost nine years now. [View all]I have to fight for my own health care and that of the one daughter I have living in the States.
I keep my Blue Cross although they refuse almost every claim I submit, but the Germans quoted me $36,000 a year to insure me, due to a pre-existing condition. My wife is a German citizen, and is covered here, although I had to jump in for 700 a month to cover her for the five years from when she took early retirement and now, when she has turned 65. Don't believe all the posts that tell you Germany is a single payer paradise. That claim belongs in the same category as the tooth fairy and the Great Pumpkin. My other daughter works in Germany and is a German citizen (they both are dual citizens), and so is covered by her job in Frankfurt.
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MineralMan, I have the same feelings about DU and those who were driven off because of some
The Wielding Truth
Oct 2017
#4
I've had DU friends driven away so hard that I've never seen them again, on any other
Aristus
Oct 2017
#5
"...vulnerable people or people with minority viewpoints are ganged up on..."
Comatose Sphagetti
Oct 2017
#6
Same here! I've had a few posts hidden that seem positively innocous compared to others.
LongTomH
Oct 2017
#66
Been there... can't tell you how many times. (Don't give em the satisfaction.)
InAbLuEsTaTe
Oct 2017
#19
So that was only done by one person and one side. Thank you for your objectivity
still_one
Oct 2017
#35
Oh for gd's sake, you wrote in Bernie in the GE and as far as I've seen have expressed no regret.
seaglass
Oct 2017
#68
As Skinner and EarlG have said, people who unrepentantly did not vote Hillary dont belong here
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#96
I live in MA and it would be really easy for me to sit out a GE if it was all about me, it's not.
seaglass
Oct 2017
#115
Don't even. You wrote in BS's name. I don't give a rat's ass what you think of Hillary.
Squinch
Oct 2017
#124
To that now PPRd poster, as the character of Eva Peron said in the musical Evita
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#128
I'm not sorry to see anyone go who feels comfortable at JPR. They are not allies. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#132
My test is simple. Did you vote for the one viable candidate in the GE against Trump
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#134
Are you saying that the forum moderators take $$ to reverse a Flagged for Review?
ehrnst
Oct 2017
#72
Her pack are those who voted Hillary in the General Election, apparently nt
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#98
Because it has come out that that person did not vote for Hillary by their own admission
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#99
The "pile-on" are those who voted for the Democrat in the election and the "piled-on" didn't.
betsuni
Oct 2017
#105
12 years here, and it turns out that you are one of the BOBs who gave us Trump.
Squinch
Oct 2017
#110
And now they are trying to justify not voting for the Democratic nominee for President
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#114
Sometimes when people can't rebut the message they (metaphorically) shoot the messenger
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#22
The long waits for non-urgent afflictions scare me. I would have been dead for 13 years now.
DFW
Oct 2017
#67
There are posts in this thread implying that an undefined minority viewpoint was ganged up on
still_one
Oct 2017
#30
Not to mention, the minority that says they were Ganged up on were 80% of DUers
stevenleser
Oct 2017
#103
Always glad to read your posts, MM. I bailed twice, taking grateful refuge in spinoff groups...
Hekate
Oct 2017
#42
I'd like others to agree with me, because....ego. What I cannot abide is being misunderstood,
WinkyDink
Oct 2017
#44
The second approach to disagreement seems to have become more common here on DU over time.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Oct 2017
#83
I read you! Amd i know you are right. The profile of those doing doing the 'alerting" and causing
haveahart
Oct 2017
#62
I've been here a while. It's really not that hard to follow the rules. nt
redgreenandblue
Oct 2017
#119