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WinstonSmith4740

(3,433 posts)
38. Horseshit on top of bullshit!
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 03:32 PM
Dec 2014

You don't even have to apply for Medicare...you're automatically enrolled at 65. All you have to do is tell them if you want just Part A (which is free and covers hospitalization, etc.) or both A & B. You have to pay for Part B, but as insurance goes, it's pretty damn inexpensive. Since I still work, and have great insurance at work, I chose just Part A for now, and will start Part B when I retire in June.

So if this guy was 65, he was already insured. This is typical Republican bullshit, just like Death Panels and everything else they came up with fighting this program. Plus, of course, the whole "worth $20 million" part. What kind of person sits on that kind of money while their spouse is sick? Greedy, Republican assholes, that's who.

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Two things marym625 Dec 2014 #1
No but I just found out she's filthy rich! uhnope Dec 2014 #4
yep. bullshit. n/t marym625 Dec 2014 #15
What kind of person sitting on $20 million won't call an ambulance Warpy Dec 2014 #19
Horseshit on top of bullshit! WinstonSmith4740 Dec 2014 #38
You are correct. We are not insured by Obamacare (ACA). If we are enrolled we have already jwirr Dec 2014 #34
Right, her husband decided! elleng Dec 2014 #2
I'm confused, he was 65, why was he not on Medicare? Downwinder Dec 2014 #3
Exactly. He might still have been on an employer plan, but not an ACA Hoyt Dec 2014 #5
If a person is on or elgible for medicare INdemo Dec 2014 #27
I'm confused. His wife is an elected official--they have their own insurance plans. Hekate Dec 2014 #6
Members of Congress are required to get their health insurance from the Obamacare exchanges under a uhnope Dec 2014 #9
Bingo! Roland99 Dec 2014 #23
She killed her husband someone should investigate this Kalidurga Dec 2014 #7
I call bs, too. Someone in Congress with 20 million bucks couldn't get this glitched cleared? merrily Dec 2014 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author alp227 Dec 2014 #10
Thanks. That's kind, but I'll own up. I didn't read enough. It's bedtime. merrily Dec 2014 #16
Oh wait it turns out she IS in congress, since 2009! alp227 Dec 2014 #35
Thanks. LOL, we're some duo! merrily Dec 2014 #36
It would seem that her husband succumbed to a powerful disease--Greed Kennah Dec 2014 #11
I think she made up the whole thing after the fact. merrily Dec 2014 #17
She makes a great argument for single payer. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #12
+1 merrily Dec 2014 #18
She's simply using her husband's death to fight for an agenda that will ensure many others die. stillwaiting Dec 2014 #26
+ another Scuba Dec 2014 #28
She sounds like a proverbial 'black widow'. Really, truly creepy. - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #43
Worth 20 million and shes blaming Obamacare for not having tests done? She needs to stop trying cstanleytech Dec 2014 #13
Fuck them and their fucking fake hearings! 6000eliot Dec 2014 #14
House Votes to Repeal ACA >>> Roland99 Dec 2014 #20
Lummis votes for continued repeal of Obamacare Roland99 Dec 2014 #21
Wyoming U.S. Rep. Lummis: Delay or defund Obamacare and avoid shutdown Roland99 Dec 2014 #22
She probably wanted him dead davidpdx Dec 2014 #24
If it was my husband and I had to go into debt to get him the test he needed woodsprite Dec 2014 #37
I like that comparison davidpdx Dec 2014 #39
Obama personally forced her to vote to repeal the ACA IronLionZion Dec 2014 #25
complete b.s. Botany Dec 2014 #29
Wow, Congressional STDH. Arkana Dec 2014 #30
There is no "obamacare" bigworld Dec 2014 #31
Death panels strike again Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #32
So repeal Obamacare? JohnnyRingo Dec 2014 #33
But she'll fight tooth and nail to make sure that Universal Public Health Care Zorra Dec 2014 #40
this woman uses her own husband's death as a bullshit political talking point Skittles Dec 2014 #41
I posted below before I saw your reply. Spot on. My prediction for how low they can sink: KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #44
His corpse is barely cold and she seeks to capitalize on it for political purposes? My KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #42
agree, it's BS. librechik Dec 2014 #45
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