To be clear, I am not saying that you are any obligation to care about an issue you don't care about, especially since it's not one that directly effects you.

1. You are effected. You said yourself that you have a wife and sister, and since you cared enough to mention them, then you presumably don't want them treated badly.

Actually, I'm (not very effectively, but I wasn't trying very hard - it's been a long day) making fun of what you said, because I don't think you noticed at all what a shit thing it was to say. I have no problem with the concept of choosing one cause to throw your time, money, and emotional dealing-ness at. I agree…

*psst* I'll let you know a secret. It's actually possible to be 100% against racism and 100% against sexism at the same time! An equal amount!

Yes. I get tired of people complaining about these sort of businesses, because as long as you're paying any attention at all you'll know exactly what you're getting into, and more importantly, why.

Seriously, 0% of that was in the text of what she wrote. I spent a couple of minutes rereading your comment, then hers, then yours, then hers, wondering how to break down each point, and which comment do I start with... then I gave up. Because nothing you wrote had anything to do with anything she wrote, so there's no…

Wow. She in no way said anything of the sort.

Are you just using the cable to display your screen? Because that was the biggest selling point for the chromecast for me - I cast whatever to the tv to stream, and then I can carry on playing games or browsing the internet or what have you. (I'm guessing that can also be done via cable but I've never looked up how?)

Are you just using the cable to display your screen? Because that was the biggest selling point for the chromecast…

You forgot "shirttail relatives".

Adopted child is treated just like a biological child for family reunion purposes. Opinions vary for genealogical purposes and creepiness purposes.

Actually, I think full circle was the sentence "HIPAA is a little known version of COBRA". Since we're in agreement that it's actually not, we're now on the same page. :)

It looks like you may have qualified for Illinois' Medicaid program.

That's not what I said. I understood your original post, I was just saying that you were confusing COBRA and HIPAA.

Sorry, this is terribly confused, and I'm just obsessive enough not to be able to let it go.

It's entirely possible to have been true. Admittedly that's a really big number, but it's not nearly the highest premium I've ever seen - and I left that job back in 2010.

Sorry, no idea. I ended up plugging in last year's number to get the 2015 estimates I posted below, on the theory that I would eventually get employed, and when I do it would hopefully be at approximately the same amount I used to make. Either way, it was going to be well above the Medicaid limit for South Carolina…

Ahhh, that makes more sense. The "someone-is-saying-something-positive-about-the-ACA" signal must have gone up. (In my mind it looks vaguely like a photo of Obama grinning and giving a thumbs up.)

OK, I just checked.

...where exactly do you live? Unless you're in the wilderness somewhere, I'm going to call foul on $1374 being the only coverage you were offered. I'm in South Carolina (not deep in the sticks, but not exactly in a big city or anything) and I had at least 20 plans to choose from. The most expensive choice might have…

They're only allowed to charge you up to 102% of the premium (the full cost your old company is paying for one of their current employees' coverage, plus a 2% "administrative fee"), so they can't actually overcharge COBRA participants as punishment. Health insurance is just that ridiculously expensive.