Trump: 'Nobody Knew That Health Care Could Be So Complicated'

[MontanaMama]

46. Please forgive my anger and utter outrage at reading this but

FUCK YOU 45!!! Just fuck you, you selfish orange asshole. This issue hits home for me in a way that I almost cannot explain. As a self employed family, affordable health insurance has been, for the most part, unattainable for our family of 3 for the last 30 years. I have lived in constant fear of one of us getting hurt or sick. We have refinanced our house 4 times in 22 years to pay for necessary surgeries including a tumor in my 8 year old son's ear that took the hearing in his left ear.

We have paid monthly health insurance premiums that are more than our mortgage payment for longer than I can remember and still we had annual deductibles of $6,000 to $20,000 to pay out of pocket before any "benefit" would kick in. I have felt hopeless outrage for this for so long that I don't know what it is like to not feel this way. All these years, my husband worked at our small business while I was employed in the goddam health care industry with no health care benefits granted or offered - we did the best we could - while being told by our Senators and Congressional representatives that healthcare was not a right, it was a privilege while they enjoyed the safety and security of excellent healthcare benefits.

When the ACA was passed we had an incredible couple of years when we had real insurance and the peace of knowing if the worst happened that we'd be okay and for the first time ever, we were able to pay for health insurance for our employees! While the ACA isn't perfect, it was a godsend in so many ways.

We are fortunate that our business has grown and done well (Thanks Obama!) and because of that, my husband and I are no longer eligible for ACA assistance with our insurance and our premiums are back up to $1300+ per month with a $6000 per person annual deductible. We're back where we started before the ACA. There is no competition between health insurance companies in Montana. That is the least expensive premium that we can get our hands on right now. However, our employees, due to their young age are all eligible for great insurance through the ACA that we continue to pay for because we don't want any of them to experience the stress and fear of not having that safety net beneath them.

So, YES this is complicated!! Did these goddam fools think it wasn't???? Some of us have always known this and continue to live and breathe it every fucking day of our lives. I know I am not alone in this but right now, as I write this, between sobs I find myself so angry yet again. Our Congress and Senate are too self absorbed to tackle anything hard anymore I am beginning to realize that I'll probably die before we will be granted the luxury of affordable health insurance. I have called my representatives, I have written them letters. At 52 years old, Medicare is too far away and rethugs will most likely dismantle it before we will be able to use it.

I hate 45. I hate rethugs and I hate them for making me hate them.