Please take me in to your country if this orange bastard wins... I’ll do whatever it takes ... I’m dead ass serious. I basically lived in Canada before (30 mins from the border in upstate NY) ...

Once we meet the deductible then it drops to $40, that that same insulin would cost about $25 in Canada. The only way I can buy her insulin and pay the mortgage and feed them until around April is because my employer has an FSA (flexible spending account) that funds fully on January 1. It essentially loans me the…

Thanks. My job is cyclical (banking) and gets nightmarish the first and last few days every single month, so I’m used to this regular round of hell, but this is the first time I’m actually dreading my vacation, which is next week, because I have zero plans. Originally when I requested the week off, I had planned on…

If it’s private insurance through an employer it just depends on what plan your employer chose. My ex and I both have BCBS PPOs. Totally different coverages.

I am, for sure! The combo of parenting an extremely strong-willed young child and the evil sentient rotting pumpkin running for President has sent me running to the wine.

Not drinking but my anxiety is bad. I’m so anxious that I’ve become irritable beyond control. I gave my supervisor a very loud lesson on why no one is coming to take his guns, I said something very mean to two young women I don’t even know. I refer to the new-ish guy at work as “that idiot” behind his back, because…

My daughter’s insulin is $900/month. We are insured.

Ding Ding, Correct Answer. Had to turn off CNN because I started to have a panic attack after listening to the endless droning of fucking ignorant asshole Republicans gloating over Trumps boost. Over motherfucking emails. People changed their minds. What?? I stopped looking for a new place to live today because I…

As a Canadian, what I think some Americans underestimate is the peace of mind that comes with universal healthcare.

That old chestnut about long wait times in Canada makes me mad. What we have here is triaged care: you get it fast when you need it. I’ve used this example before, but when I needed an MRI to finally ascertain why my shoulder still hurt after a fall, it took 9 months for that test to happen and another 9 months to see…

In some ways, it really is Hillary’s worst nightmare come true, she’s spent her entire life studying policy and understanding every nuance of it and she might lose an election to somebody who’s debate performance often looked like somebody trying to do a book report on a book they never read.

Man, I’m exhausted just looking at that list of procedures!

Meanwhile, I, an American WITH health insurance, owed nearly $10,000 for two cancer surgeries in 2013.

We will probably go with the shit plan, since it’s only a guaranteed $2000 out of pocket (with the potential for the extra 5k if something happens). It’s really no choice at all - either we pay for the better plan but can’t save, or we can save some on the shit plan but then there is the potential to lose all said…

I am ok. Well, more like getting ok, which is ok on its own :D I still have more doctor appointments and more tests ahead of me, but honestly - when they told me I for sure didn’t have MS and wasn’t having mini-strokes in my sleep, I found I didn’t even care anymore what they found because *nothing* was as scary as…

I don’t wanna doxx myself or anything, but in the past two and a half years I’ve had a shoulder repaired followed by months of physio, six rounds of chemo, 25 rounds of radiation, three cancer surgeries, a skin graft (!), a broken foot, a port installed, later inspected, and then even later removed. I had months of…

I’m glad your healthcare is affordable but I hope you’re OK!

God as an American with a chronic disease i loooong for Canadian healthcare. I make a median wage but my healthcare expenses mean I can’t save for anything. And I’m more fortunate then most with modest student loan debt and reasonable rent in my area! But seriously if a moderate personal disaster struck I’d be out on…

Is anybody else drinking A LOT more than usual these days?

Yeah, I’d really like to know what fuckface has in mind. I’m sure it’s something simply brilliant, like everything he does.