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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP - Anyone who doesn't wish the US had a healthcare system like pretty much all other universal systems the rest of the developed world has is a fool. That's all.  Or they've never gotten sick before, have kids or are just filthy rich. Anyone who has a family and lives like a mere mortal understands that no other developed country's healthcare system sucks as much as the US. This isn't even talking about the other scam that is vision and dental care!![/quote]

And this doesn’t even take in to account if you lose your job. We are paying over $1,300 a month for a family of three for medical (all healthy, no scripts or conditions). Yea- you could go cheaper but also risk wiping out life savings. And at a time when you’re already vulnerable and unemployed and scared. Don’t think it can happen to you- neither did we as fed contractors both cut through Doge. We’re also mid fifties and the job market is absolute sh!t. We’ve always lived modestly, saved and done all the things we were told as responsible adults. We’ve found PT work that doesn’t even cover the ACA plan we are on. I just don’t know where all this is heading but it truly feels hopeless. [/quote]

DP and I’m so sorry to hear this. I’m a fed married to a contractor (both in our 40s with young kids) and this year has been so awful. We are both still employed (but don’t take any paycheck for granted these days). I have a number of friends/neighbors who have been DOGE’d and are either still looking for work, cobbling together part time gigs, and/or found work making much less than before. Some who are a bit older took early retirement and are now trying to figure out how to supplement (although at least they still get FEHB healthcare).

It sucks all around. And the hardest part of this is how unnecessary it all is. It’d be one thing if global market conditions out of anyone country’s control caused a recession. But half the country literally voted to destroy the lives of regular working people so that billionaires can become more rich and immigrants can be rounded up and treated worse than garbage. [/quote]

Yep.[/quote]

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