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.

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[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.