OT: Festivus - Airing of Grievances
I saw it requested in another thread, so here is the place for the annual Airing of Grievances.
I have a problem with stephenrjking, whose name I thought was stephenjrking for the longest time.
I also have a problem with whoever negs this thread.
Grievances? Air them. Which MGoBloggers really grind your gears?
December 23rd, 2016 at 11:17 PM ^
We could probably have a great conversation off of here because I agree with most of your post. Social media like Twitter exposes you to how weak our domestic society is.
I turn my trends on Twitter to different countries to escape the mindless drivel that trends in the US more times than not.
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December 23rd, 2016 at 12:43 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
OK I do have to get political for one second here (sorry).
I fucking HATE the "Affordable Care Act". It is not affordable. The premiums are sky high AND the deductables are sky high as well. As a self-employed person, I need to have this crappy "insurance" or I have to pay a penalty to the IRS so that they can subsidize the people who supposedly do not earn enough money, so that they can have insurance. WTF is that? Its basically a socialist Ponzi scheme that is crushing the middle-class and is hurting small business very badly.
The insurance that I have to pay for by law, covers nothing until I have to pay about $11,000 out of pocket. I could not imagine how this must be for families with kids whos parents are self-employed, and make just enough above the subsidy level. I am throwing my money away every month on something useless that could only help me if I had a catastrophic event happen.
Insurers are pulling out of most markets, therefore creating a vacuum of non-competition by the few that stay in the markets.
Prior to the ACA, I had a policy for just less than $200 per month, that had an $1800 deductible, AND had immediate coverage on things like general office visits and prescriptions. That is all gone now.
Something has also got to be done about drug prices too.
When they restructure it, hopefully soon....they need to keep the prior conditions clause in, and also the abiltiy for kids up to 26 to stay on their parents insurance. Allow insurance to be sold over state lines for competition. Allow healthy people like me to purchase low cost catastrophic insurance.
The rest of it needs to go. One of the creators of ObamaCare, the professor from MIT, sneered at the middle-class a couple of years ago in a speech, calling them "dumb" enough to accept the plan that he created. Its horrible and needs to be restructured for all Americans.
December 23rd, 2016 at 1:06 PM ^
Also you probably had no claims. In the days of insurance rating, a white 35-45 year old male with no health problems would have paid next to nothing for bare bones coverage. The flip side of that is that people with cancer or congenital diseases couldn't get approved for coverage, regardless of the price.
Now that they have done away with insurance rating people (and forbidding Pre existing conditions) the additional price is being spread over the entire group.
Sorry your paying more. Just thought I'd explain why.
Unless of course your name is Josh. Then it's just because the world hates you.
December 23rd, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 5:41 PM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 6:01 PM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 2:28 PM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^
I totally understand your frustrations with the ACA and they are valid. I just quickly want to point out how we got here, though. Remember, Republicans were and are adamantly opposed to a single-payer system (Medicare for all) and insist that private insurance companies remain part of the equation. Absent a single-payer system, or anything close to it, the ACA was an attempt to at least expand insurance coverage to the then 45 million Americans who didn't have any. Without getting into details, there were two big proposals by Obama's team (as well as several smaller ones) that were intended to prevent or at least limit the situation you are in, and each one was rejected by the Republicans. I'm not being partisan when I say that; it's just a fact. First, the GOP rejected any sort of government option to compete with the private health insurance companies; and second, the GOP specifically forbade the government from using its bulk buying power to negotiate lower drug prices from pharmaceuticals. The loss of the government option and the prohibition on negotiating lower drug prices were solely intended to benefit the insurance companies and pharmaceuticals, not the consumer and certainly not the middle-class working folk like you and me. Yes, the ACA isn't perfect and it has problems that need to be fixed, but Obama tried to prevent the very problems you are experienceing now and was thwarted at every turn, resulting in the imperfect compromise that is the ACA today.
December 23rd, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
Both my husband and I are self-employed and we have two kids. The ACA has been the worst nightmare for us. This year, the PPO plan in our marketplace (yes, there's only one and we live right outside Chicago) has an out-of-network deductible of $45,000. Forty five thousand dollars. The networks are so small that we have almost no choices for doctors or hospitals. To keep my doctors, I would have to choose an HMO, and if we had done that, my kids would have lost their doctor and the closest hospitals. Actually all hospitals, because only one is in the HMO, and it's 25 minutes away. So......we got a policy that does not meet the ACA standards. We have no pre-existing conditions, so we didn't have to worry about that. The premium is half of what we would have paid with the ACA, the in-network deductible is about the same, and the network includes every doctor we have and all the best hospitals in the area. Screw the ACA. I was told how great it was, I was told I could keep my doctors. If they can't deliver on the promise, I'm not taking part. So fine me. (P.S. I voted Obama both times and I'm happy I did. This is not political or partisan, it's just bad policy).
December 23rd, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 12:46 PM ^
5 minute sports talk segment followed by seven minutes of commercials.
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December 23rd, 2016 at 12:55 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
I find myself more aggrieved about Iowa than OSU. I know what happened vs. OSU... some terrible mistakes, and a healthy dose of screw-job.
I still don't know WTF happened against Iowa. Inexplicable.
December 25th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
1) At minimum, the second best team in college football is not in the playoffs.
2) It's not a 'Natty' it's a National Championship.
3) Wisky is nothing. It's either whiskey - which is wonderful - or Wisconsin, which is an average to above averge college football team.
December 23rd, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
Drivers not using their turn signals! Did that become optional when I wasn't looking???
December 23rd, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^
That the officials from The Game still have jobs. That there are trolls in the media bloviating that everything in The Game was somehow acceptable, above board and questioning it is the same as whining about the outcome. That the Big Ten has yet to publicly address the many questions about these events (to my knowledge anyway). That a coach publicly disagreeing with an officiating crew warrants a fine and public admonishment, as though a crew of officials is infallible.
Now I'll go get the pole out of the crawl space.
December 23rd, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
I have a problem with the term "adulting".
December 23rd, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
Is it so damn hard for cooks and waitstaff to honor
a simple request? Anybody with the attitude of
"if you don't like it just pick it off..." can suck it!
Would they feel the same way if I took a shit
on their plate and said just scrape it off if
you don't like it?
Pickle Juice has ruined many a Burger
Bun and Fries over the years, this has
to stop people ( MSU Grads I'm talking
to you ).
December 23rd, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^
The inexplicable and unforgivable . . . .
[SPOILER ALERT]
Omission of Porkins from Rogue One!
December 23rd, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
What's wrong with Jennifer Lawrence?
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December 23rd, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^
December 23rd, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
Really annoying. Don't they know the blog has moved on?
December 23rd, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
Things that have been especially irksome this year:
My passive aggressive mother-in-law.
Parents who micro-manage their kids' social lives and expect me to do the same.
The state of the news.
Getting older, and feeling like I'm getting older.
When my kids complain about anything (The charmed lives they lead).
Bad meals at restaurants.
Drivers who cut in front of you, especially when they have a nicer car than you.
People who don't say thank you or acknowledge you when you hold the door open for them.
People who hate on other people because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Live and let live.
December 23rd, 2016 at 8:00 PM ^
To the non thankers about the door thing. I always say very loudly "YOU'RE WELCOME" .
December 23rd, 2016 at 5:31 PM ^
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December 25th, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
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December 23rd, 2016 at 7:57 PM ^
I have a problem with lots of things. Especially the people who have a problem with that .
December 23rd, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
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December 25th, 2016 at 6:09 PM ^