re: #98 makeitstop

And she can’t even make the case she wants to make about Obamacare being awful:

When Obamacare first came into effect, I was excited to get what I thought would be financial help with my costly medicine and treatments. But when I signed up, my premium came back at an astronomical price, more than my monthly mortgage payment. This happened because I had to declare my husband’s salary as part of our household income, which put me in an earning bracket too high to qualify for any financial assistance. My husband works for a small business, and while he gets paid fairly, his company does not offer spousal insurance. I’m left with a premium of $893, so high that I can no longer afford the cost of my medicines and treatments on top of the monthly premiums. I wish I could opt out completely, but the penalty for not signing up is much too great.

In the end, I voted for Trump because he promised to repeal and replace Obamacare, and that was the most important issue to my own life. Looking back, I realize what a mistake it was. I ignored the pundits who repeated over and over again that he would not follow through on his promises, thinking they were spewing hysterics for better ratings. Sitting on my couch, my mouth agape at the words coming out his mouth on the TV before me, I realized just how wrong I was.

Her disease is a preexisting condition. She would not be able to get coverage, or would be paying even more for that limited coverage, without Obamacare. And since she lives in Texas, the state refused to expand Medicaid, which meant that if her income were below the threshold, she’d have qualified for that instead of needing the marketplace.

And her husband’s insurance is limited (because of course it is) so it can’t have a spouse on it.