My motorcycle dealer has a similar sign about being sad and ugly.

I live a five minute walk from a beach and less than an hour from some of the best cheese makers in the US. And have neighbors that keep chickens.

Most of the people in this thread:

Oh honey, I’m so sorry.

It’s frustrating, but you’re right.

Atole!?! In that case I’m definitely a victim and await my tamales.

Yup! This is what is leading to the slow ACA death spiral.

I hate to tell you, but it’s worse than that. Pre-ACA mental health wasn’t covered at all except in extremely expensive private coverage for the wealthy, so it wouldn’t matter if it was preexisting or not.

Yeah, Obama was so fucking desperate to get bipartisan support that he and the congressional Democrats let the GOP sabotage it instead of fighting for the single-payer system that had been promised. And now here we are. I honestly believe that if he had both jailed the bakers in the aftermath of the housing crash and gone full single payer not only would we be in a much better place as a nation, but Trump would never have been elected.

This is the real answer. It can down to McCain’s very dramatic Nay vote because they didn’t have a replacement plan… You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLz2uQEtGo

The ACA is a massive bill that affects basically every part of healthcare in the US. That being said, here are some of the major parts that affect people who get their coverage through their employer:

1. Minimum coverage standards - The ACA sets minimums about what must be covered by employer insurance, including drugs, procedures, family planning and mental health care.
2. No lifetime caps - Before the ACA insurers could set a lifetime cap on how much they would pay out for any individual. This meant that people who had long term chronic or very expensive medical needs would get kicked off their insurance eventually and have to figure something else out. Or, more likely, either go into massive medical debt or forego care, or both.
3. Pre-existing coverage - Before the ACA insurers could choose not cover issues that you got before you signed up with that insurer. So, again, if you had a chronic condition and changed jobs, you could lose all coverage for those treatments.

There is probably a lot more, but those are the big ones for most people.

Where do you live that you have a $600 mortgage?!???

If I was a much better writer, I could have written this. Which is to say, I too regret voting for Nader in that election and will never make that mistake again. My only redeeming thought is that while my state was close, it did go for Gore.

I guarantee there were enough voters in Florida with the same regrets to easily have put Gore in office if they could redo it. Do you think there are any who wish they could have voted Green instead?

“That that” can and probably should be replaced with “that which” in almost every instance it is used.

Edit: or “when that”

I’ve left two jobs because they were toxic. I always had something else lined up beforehand though.

I remember having a few of these for WordPerfect, MS Word for DOS and Lotus 1-2-3.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/03/03/the-forbidden-fruit#

Right?!? There was this whole “real men don’t eat quiche” thing that I remember from the 90s. What is unmanly about putting an omelette in a pie crust? It makes it easier to eat on the go and keeps better in the fridge.

Pull through parking. You know, where there are two spaces so you drive through one into the next so you can pull out of the one you park in without having to back up? I got told that was for “girls and gays”.

I do love me some gridfinity! This looks awesome.