In todays news...

[Saga Lout]

Seems a bit at odds with Trumps dancing to YMCA but whatever you want to obsess over I guess.
I'm not judging you Saga.

Have a good Crimbo.

Obsess?

Why are you so obsessed with telling me I'm obsessed?

May I wish a Merry Christmas and peace on Earth to all men.

And women.

And the thousands of other genders.

[Horse]

That's going to put a few noses out of joint.

According to an article a few days ago, it is likely to result in 15,000 fewer people in the US military.

[JackyJoll]

That's going to put a few noses out of joint.

According to an article a few days ago, it is likely to result in 15,000 fewer people in the US military.

Dead wood, best cut out.

[ZRX61]

My son is married to an American girl and I was talking to her parents about it. They get basic coverage through work but top up the insurance to the tune of $25k pa. Even then each claim brings massive stress as claims are denied and appealed. A simple blood test can be $2k and waiting times can be a lot longer than we’d imagine.

I’m sure there’s better models than the NHS but they’re not in the US.

I'm classified as 100% disabled. I pay nothing for health care, I have no co=pay & prescriptions are free. My only out of pocket expense is the gas to drive to the hospital etc & I could even claim the cost of that back on my taxes (altho I don't, because last year my income tax bill was $0)
I can also get free dental treatment, but the only places that offer that are fucking butchers, so I pay $60/month for private dental insurance.

With that said, it took me six fucking years to get approved for health insurance... & it happened under Trump.

[Buckaroo]

That's going to put a few noses out of joint.

According to an article a few days ago, it is likely to result in 15,000 fewer people in the US military.

Dead wood, best cut out.

I'm sure some of them still get wood irrespective of the team they aspire to.

[JackyJoll]

I'm classified as 100% disabled..

So you can’t move at all?

Or you’re some sort of free money scrounger?

[Rockburner]

My son is married to an American girl and I was talking to her parents about it. They get basic coverage through work but top up the insurance to the tune of $25k pa. Even then each claim brings massive stress as claims are denied and appealed. A simple blood test can be $2k and waiting times can be a lot longer than we’d imagine.

I’m sure there’s better models than the NHS but they’re not in the US.

I'm classified as 100% disabled. I pay nothing for health care, I have no co=pay & prescriptions are free. My only out of pocket expense is the gas to drive to the hospital etc & I could even claim the cost of that back on my taxes (altho I don't, because last year my income tax bill was $0)
I can also get free dental treatment, but the only places that offer that are fucking butchers, so I pay $60/month for private dental insurance.

With that said, it took me six fucking years to get approved for health insurance... & it happened under Trump.

If it took 6 years, then presumably you initially applied under Obama's "regime"? (Given that US presidents get 4 year terms)

I find it unlikely that whatever rules were in place when you applied were changed too drastically during that application process, and that any changes were applied to applications in process, the wheels of bureaucracy turn at glacial pace after all. (I could be wrong)

[ZRX61]

If it took 6 years, then presumably you initially applied under Obama's "regime"? (Given that US presidents get 4 year terms)

I find it unlikely that whatever rules were in place when you applied were changed too drastically during that application process, and that any changes were applied to applications in process, the wheels of bureaucracy turn at glacial pace after all. (I could be wrong)

Yup, I got approved shortly after Trump took office.

[wheelnut]

If it took 6 years, then presumably you initially applied under Obama's "regime"? (Given that US presidents get 4 year terms)

I find it unlikely that whatever rules were in place when you applied were changed too drastically during that application process, and that any changes were applied to applications in process, the wheels of bureaucracy turn at glacial pace after all. (I could be wrong)

Yup, I got approved shortly after Trump took office.

Ie, you got approved due to policies Obama put in place but Trump didn't manage to repeal (despite trying his best to).

[Rockburner]

If it took 6 years, then presumably you initially applied under Obama's "regime"? (Given that US presidents get 4 year terms)

I find it unlikely that whatever rules were in place when you applied were changed too drastically during that application process, and that any changes were applied to applications in process, the wheels of bureaucracy turn at glacial pace after all. (I could be wrong)

Yup, I got approved shortly after Trump took office.

Ie, you got approved due to policies Obama put in place but Trump didn't manage to repeal (despite trying his best to).

Exactly. Bureaucracy changes so slowly that anything Trump changed the first time around is probably only having an effect now.