I went to the hospital to rule out a brain tumor so had an emergency MRI. I had no insurance. I met with someone from the financial department between check in and my scan. She gave me info on applying for Medicaid, explained their policies for people who were uninsured, said I might be eligible for their grant fund…

Well if you don’t know them they must not exist then. Clearly you have met every patient at every hospital in the country, and I am just a liar. Enjoy your evening.

Ok then, I guess the payment plan I had for my own MRI, spinal tap, and blood work from when I was uninsured was fake? As is the one my friend has with Sloan Kettering to make up the difference of what insurance and Medicaid didn’t pay for her kid? Or the one she has for herself with Healthpark in Fort Myers from the…

If he was a veteran living in the right state he would be getting the same level of care. My friend’s dad had a spinal injury a few years ago and ended up in Boston at a VA hospital that specializes in that, and was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s right when he was about to be discharged. He got all the benefits of being in…

Since he retired from the Navy as a disabled veteran, he would have taxpayer supported medical care even if he never became a Senator.

I know someone who posts FB statuses like that - always dramatic, always capsy and full of exclamation points. Dude is dumber than a box of rocks and of course a Trumpster.

That specific family? Had health insurance plus with lower premiums and deductibles, plus Medicaid coverage for their cancer stricken child. All the other families I know with higher premiums and deductibles? Premiums have gone up for them over 50 percent, deductibles have doubled and tripled. For many people who had…

Not that I want this shitty GOP bill to pass, and you are absolutely right that by “suffering” that asshat means rich people, but I know plenty of working class folks who are getting killed by their premiums and deductibles. Most folks I know are paying over $1,000 a month for insurance now and have crazy high…

If you are letting your child “wander around with other kids” then you really are doing the opposite of making sure she doesn’t bother anyone. If your kid can’t sit at the table with a coloring book you bring or some other quiet distraction, and is instead roaming the space with a pack of other kids, that is both…

You are really making gross generalizations about both dogs and people. Our first dog was a cockatoo mutt we got for free from one of my brother’s teachers as a puppy. Went to obedience class, was super smart, could be let out in our non-fenced yard safely, totally gentle and just the best dog ever. He got Cushing’s…

People I know threw a sprinkle for their friend who had 4 boys and then got pregnant again with a girl, to give her some girly stuff. But it was like the six friends and the pregnant chick, and they would have all bought her stuff anyway.

I don’t really go to Church so... yeah. I’m not rationalizing. I just shared my experience of the blood thing not being a factor in my Catholic upbringing, and the reality that Catholics have always been looked down upon by other Christian sects. You seem to enjoy your anger and speaking in absolutes so have at it if…

The front desk people were probably saying “please do cancel your membership” in their heads.

We didn’t drink the wine in my parish, so, my entire Catholic upbringing literally wasn’t based on drinking the blood of Christ. I was surprised the first time I went to a parish where they did drink it because that shit seems like a great way to spread diseases.

I know a few people who have done a strip of duct tape all the way around the diaper when the kid was in the “rips it off but still not ready for potty training” phase. After a little while they stop trying to to take it off and move on to find other ways to torture their parents/caregivers.

Worked at a large banquet hall, definitely had customers leave dirty diapers all over the place. Nevermind that the there are plenty of bathrooms are they are HUGE and all have counters, and all the parents had giant diaper bags that came with changing mats that were 8'x 10' to use for it and that we would have…

See, I would have worn a black/navy/red/insert color of your choice jacket over the dress if it was formal business attire. I’m job hunting now and I would never go to an interview sleeveless - I might travel there that way because NYC subway platforms are the 8th circle of hell in July, but I would bring a jacket or…

It is hot AF in DC in July. I did a trip sponsored by my congressperson in high school 25 years ago, where we sat in on sessions of the House and Senate, and were given strict dress code instructions. Touring the Capitol three years ago with my family, it seemed the same rules were still in effect based on all the…

They actually are actively harming him by keeping him alive, because he is suffering, and sending him for a treatment that not only won’t help in any way (were he even to survive the physical stress of the journey) but will increase and prolong his suffering is cruel. Even the doctor who would provide said treatment…

It’s not like he took over the family business at such a young age because of his brilliance. His father went to jail so Jared had to run it in his absence.