Reply #66: Hi! Welcome!

[ThoughtCriminal]

After my divorce, I had been planning to take a very similar path. But for now, I'm sitting in a house I can't sell and a pretty good job, so I'm putting it off for at least a few more years. The other factor is health insurance - I have very good coverage now through my job and I've had the experience of waging a long and costly battle with private insurance companies over what constitutes a pre-existing condition (their position - if you were ever sick, anything and everything is a pre-existing condition).

I think the reaction that you are seeing here is to the idea that the type of health coverage that you have is an adequate substitute for real single-payer universal coverage. We hear it all the time from right-wingers who try to convince everyone that our health care system is just fine (hey this guy can get coverage for $80 a month so what's the problem?). For people with pre-existing conditions and/or a family to consider, I don't think that they would find this lifestyle practical.

But for what it's worth, I think that you have good advice and I look forward to checking in at your blog often.