Laurie Bertram Roberts-Abortion Pills Are Safe
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Whether SNAP is cut off next month or not just the fear of not being able to feed yourself or your family is a deep harm.
Lifetime maximums pre ACA were deadly.
Before the ACA, I met a young woman, maybe in her early thirties, and she told me that she had no insurance because she had maxed out her insurance at the age of 17 with a bone marrow transplant!
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Lifetime maximums pre ACA were deadly.
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i was young but i remember how my 19 y/old sibling couldn't get coverage bc he had a "pre-existing condition" (i.e. addiction) -- & therefore had no way to treat his "pre-existing condition"!!! health insurance companies could literally say "oh ur sick? not our problem, have fun being sick forever!"
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
i was young but i remember how my 19 y/old sibling couldn't get coverage bc he had a "pre-existing condition" (i.e. addiction) -- & therefore had no way to treat his "pre-existing condition"!!! health insurance companies could literally say "oh ur sick? not our problem, have fun being sick forever!"
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It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, hip braces, wrist braces, compression socks, walking sticks, elbow braces, bags, back braces & more!
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October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, hip braces, wrist braces, compression socks, walking sticks, elbow braces, bags, back braces & more!
Store details below!
I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, hip braces, wrist braces, compression socks, walking sticks, elbow braces, bags, back braces & more!
Store details below!
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Pregnancy was a pre existing condition.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pregnancy was a pre existing condition.
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It took me years to relax enough to tell a doctor all my symptoms because I was terrified that an insurance company would be like, “you had a bad reaction to ice cream in 2006, which means this is a pre-existing condition and no coverage for you.”
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It took me years to relax enough to tell a doctor all my symptoms because I was terrified that an insurance company would be like, “you had a bad reaction to ice cream in 2006, which means this is a pre-existing condition and no coverage for you.”
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The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Trying to think of how many pre existing conditions I've racked up in the last 20 years.
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Trying to think of how many pre existing conditions I've racked up in the last 20 years.
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It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
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fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Unless Johnson comes up with a legal way to keep the House on vacation, the only legal maneuver now is to swear in Adelita Grijalva (D) on Monday.
We shall see….🤔💭🧐
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
We shall see….🤔💭🧐
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Unless Johnson comes up with a legal way to keep the House on vacation, the only legal maneuver now is to swear in Adelita Grijalva (D) on Monday.
We shall see….🤔💭🧐
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
We shall see….🤔💭🧐
#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew
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Yep I’m sure that’s their plan - take away Obamacare AND kids off your insurance at 18 instead of law 26 now ( I bet they’ll drop it to 16 like the bs they’re already starting to pull on taxes( dependents) etc
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yep I’m sure that’s their plan - take away Obamacare AND kids off your insurance at 18 instead of law 26 now ( I bet they’ll drop it to 16 like the bs they’re already starting to pull on taxes( dependents) etc
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I have a fond memory of being an uninsured 20-something having to call and negotiate cash pricing to get a badly ingrown and infected toenail cut out. And then having to call and renegotiate when they billed me for 4x the price they quoted.
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have a fond memory of being an uninsured 20-something having to call and negotiate cash pricing to get a badly ingrown and infected toenail cut out. And then having to call and renegotiate when they billed me for 4x the price they quoted.
I remember.
I was uninsured and working restaurant jobs when I had an asthma attack that almost took me out.
My asthma was uncontrolled due to not being insured.
Made lots of ER trips.
I was uninsured and working restaurant jobs when I had an asthma attack that almost took me out.
My asthma was uncontrolled due to not being insured.
Made lots of ER trips.
Trips to the ER were more insane back then because uninsured people had to use the ER to access care. It would have cost MUCH less for them to see a PCP, but w/o coverage, they couldn't afford one. Hospitals didn't eat the costs of unpaid ER bills...they increased the cost of everything else.
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I remember.
I was uninsured and working restaurant jobs when I had an asthma attack that almost took me out.
My asthma was uncontrolled due to not being insured.
Made lots of ER trips.
I was uninsured and working restaurant jobs when I had an asthma attack that almost took me out.
My asthma was uncontrolled due to not being insured.
Made lots of ER trips.
Trips to the ER were more insane back then because uninsured people had to use the ER to access care. It would have cost MUCH less for them to see a PCP, but w/o coverage, they couldn't afford one. Hospitals didn't eat the costs of unpaid ER bills...they increased the cost of everything else.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The fights I had on the phone advocating for my employees' health coverage were outrageous. Parents who had kids with genetic syndromes. Older employees with cancer. Increasing the number of roadblocks to care was their strategy (that, and increasing the reserves they could invest and keep.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The fights I had on the phone advocating for my employees' health coverage were outrageous. Parents who had kids with genetic syndromes. Older employees with cancer. Increasing the number of roadblocks to care was their strategy (that, and increasing the reserves they could invest and keep.)
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Don’t forget lifetime maximums , even on employer plans. I would have been uninsurable by age 31 without ACA because of two hugely expensive medical emergencies. The only only reason I was able to have kids was ACA
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Don’t forget lifetime maximums , even on employer plans. I would have been uninsurable by age 31 without ACA because of two hugely expensive medical emergencies. The only only reason I was able to have kids was ACA
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-People with pre-existing conditions or who had a spouse/kids with a pre-existing condition were essentially handcuffed to the company because they could not afford to switch insurance plans.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
-People with pre-existing conditions or who had a spouse/kids with a pre-existing condition were essentially handcuffed to the company because they could not afford to switch insurance plans.
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-Carve outs for mental health care and caps/limits on coverage (which led to many people not getting mental health coverage)
-Carve outs and caps/limits for specific diagnoses (like HIV/Aids) which meant that people suffered and died without healthcare
-Carve outs and caps/limits for specific diagnoses (like HIV/Aids) which meant that people suffered and died without healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
-Carve outs for mental health care and caps/limits on coverage (which led to many people not getting mental health coverage)
-Carve outs and caps/limits for specific diagnoses (like HIV/Aids) which meant that people suffered and died without healthcare
-Carve outs and caps/limits for specific diagnoses (like HIV/Aids) which meant that people suffered and died without healthcare
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I own a small business. I would never have been able to do so before ACA, because I wouldn't have been able to purchase individual healthcare. The individual insurance market was almost non-existent, and exorbitant.
ACA allows single women to own small businesses
ACA allows single women to own small businesses
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I own a small business. I would never have been able to do so before ACA, because I wouldn't have been able to purchase individual healthcare. The individual insurance market was almost non-existent, and exorbitant.
ACA allows single women to own small businesses
ACA allows single women to own small businesses
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I was alive back then but not yet super politically aware re insurance. What happened for people who needed dialysis, for example, or insulin, that kind of recurring thing? They’d go to the ER over and over til they just died, right?
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I was alive back then but not yet super politically aware re insurance. What happened for people who needed dialysis, for example, or insulin, that kind of recurring thing? They’d go to the ER over and over til they just died, right?
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools