Just gutted.

[thewayne]

My wife was sobbing last night and had to take meds to get to sleep. Her job relies on university education being funded. So that's in jeopardy. My life literally depends on medication: I have an immune disorder and require weekly infusions of immuneglobin. So that's in jeopardy if The Supreme Trump guts the Affordable Care Act, as promised. Foreign stock and currency markets took an immediate hit last night when it became obvious that The Supreme Trump was going to win, even worse than when Brexit passed. Very bad. YUUUGE deal.

And the United States of America is revealed to be the most racist and misogynistic country in the world. To channel the late and still very great Robin Williams, 'South Africa called this morning and said 'You've really got to tone that shit down!''

My best friend emailed last night and said "I have no doubt that if the Republicans win the White House this night, that thousands of women across this country will be raped and beaten in celebration of that win." My wife fears that there will not be another woman nominated for the presidency in our lifetime. She said last night 'So do we stop reading the news for the next four years?' Without insurance, my meds could easily run $4,000 a month. EVERY month for the rest of my life. Theoretically Blue Cross cannot make a change to the coverage until it comes up for renewal next June. The Affordable Care Act is the only thing that gave us the chance to look for jobs elsewhere because of the portability and no preexisting condition clauses. Thus, the Democrats losing the election last night might literally kill me.

Time will tell what happens.

Comments

[silveradept]

It's a horrible thing to contemplate losing the things that have made your life actually livable.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Insurance has been so irrational in this country for so long, not to mention so profitable, that we've needed a major shakeup and rationalization for a long time. I don't expect Drumpf to improve anything, I just hope he doesn't destroy it utterly.

[maegwin-of-hern.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to say other than I'm so, so sorry for you two.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

The worst part is the rise in White Nationalism that he's tacitly encouraging. It makes me wonder if we're going to see the same garbage around the world that happened a century ago. With trouble in both France and England, I just don't know.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

I wish I could offer a silver lining. Trump team has already said they'll bring back "high-risk pools", so the insurers will be breaking open the champagne - where that leaves you and everyone else with inconveniently expensive ailments, I just don't know. If the Dems couldn't be arsed to do anything about the Epipen ripoff, as an example, I certainly don't expect Team Trump to be interested.

Perhaps some states will remain strong enough economically to maintain some kind of safety net - might moving to California, Washington, or New York (state) be an option? (An emergency resort, obviously)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that seems to be the size of it. I have probably 6-12 months after I stop treatment that I become an infection magnet and would probably have to become home-bound. Perhaps at that point I would qualify for disability.

Moving within the States isn't really practical. While there are other telescope installations around the country, none are quite like this one. We're planning on moving to Chile in 5 or so years, we might have to accelerate that timetable.