" Is RFK Jr's nomination just another step in Pres Trump's apparent goal of killing off Americans? ..."

Reminds me of George Will's question, updated: If Donald Trump was sent to destroy America ... what would he be doing differently?

My first time at Arrowhead, I was driving back to KC from St. Louis, while listening to the Chiefs game. KC was getting shellacked at halftime, something like 35-0. Arrowhead is right off I-70, so I thought I'd stop at the stadium and watch the second half. All the security around the entrances had long left, and I just walked in as if I'd left something in the car. I'm sure one couldn't do that these days.

Anyway, the second half was all Chiefs. I think they got the game close before ... losing, as usual. Maybe 1977. A 2-12 year.

One more thing: it would behoove you to get an HSA, a health savings account. You would have to be covered by an HSA plan (which yours sounds like), but you get the advantage of the equivalent of a tax deduction, just for putting the money into the HSA.

And if you can't afford to max out your HSA ...
Once in your life you're allowed to transfer up to the HSA max into your HSA account from a taxable IRA, without paying income taxes on that transfer.

" One of us hits our max out of pocket in March and gets everything "free" after that."

Don't tell yourself that; tell yourself you paid for it, over all those years. And don't forget to keep totally up on every doctor visit, diagnostic test, etc. Everything your plan covers ... In your case, it's very worth it to learn what they offer, particularly what they cover once you've hit the oop limit.

"When is trump fixing it with his secret plan"

Don't rush him! He's got concepts of a plan.

And he's got thoughts about those concepts. Many thoughts; big thoughts; big, beautiful thoughts.

Nobody ever knew health care could be this complicated.

"With Obamacare I pay 24,000 in premiums, 3000 per person deductible and 18000 max out of pocket."

With those numbers, I can roughly tell your age and marital status.

Do you need the Marketplace? In general, the first rule of Obamacare is only use it if you're getting a subsidy; there are often better, cheaper plans available OUTSIDE the Marketplace.

Also...I can relate about hitting the max OOP based on a specialty drug. After my heart attack, I was placed on Brillinta, at $1,100 per prescription. I remember in October handing over my credit card (after offering blood from my arm) and the pharmacist said, "Oh, no charge...you've reached your annual limit".

If that happens to you, do what I did: schedule every possible doctor's appointment you need before the end of the year! I got vision tests and audiology tests, leading to a $6,000 pair of hearing aids costing NOTHING out of pocket.

"New data reveals over 15,000 Canadians died in 2023-24 while stuck on waitlists for surgeries or diagnostic scans."

Canada has 311K deaths per year; that's ~850 per day. You'll get to 15,000 on day 18.

I'd assume "closer to death" = "more likely to need surgeries or diagnoses".

"There is only one all-time regular season rushing leader..."

Meh. Rules change, seasons get longer...I'd pick Jim Brown.

"Kansas City has to stop Saquon Barkley to win and he's been running all over everybody."

They've stopped Derrick Henry multiple times. That said, Reid obviously thinks he has to get cute near the goal line, while the Eagles are the polar opposite of "cute".

I'll take the Eagles and the points.

"Nancy got out because her trades appear to be psychic."

Wow. That must've been the same reason I got out.

Obviously, nothing about what Trump is doing to the economy. Nothing at all.

Obviously.

"The NY Post was the first to release the story"

Under whose byline?

More to the point, if it's a valid story, why did the NY Post slap somebody else's name to the byline? (She was stunned when she picked up the paper, btw.)

And why did Guilliani refuse inspection, and say he hoped the story came out before the computer was tested?

It sure sounds like provenance was a serious problem.

"I never head you pegged as a loony conspiracy theorist."

Who had control over the laptop?

Be specific.

"The FBI was already in possession of the laptop."

After it had been in Russian hands.

WHY ARE YOU LEAVING OUT THE IMPORTANT PART???

"it is abomination"

That same word is used in regards to eating shellfish, cutting parts of your hair, and wearing shirts of multiple cloths.

Basically, the Bible equates the "sin" of homosexuality with having a shrimp cocktail or wearing a poly-cotton shirt.

"The memo they produced and released to the media that was a total lie."

The statement was the laptop had all the hallmarks of a Russian election interference scheme.

Based on provenance, that's 100% true.

The chain-of-control isn't an issue for you, simply because of the letter after the owner's name.

"IF Born & Naturalized ... "

Not "and" ... OR. Either works.

" ... AND subject to the jurisdiction of the US, THEN they are a citizens"

Not subject to jurisdiction would mean they could murder or speed without repercussions. Of course they're "subject".

" ... and enrollment deadlines, which determine when Americans can apply for insurance, without repealing the act, which would take action from the US Congress."

This is the "big, beautiful" changes Trump promised.

Not big and beautiful for the patient, mind you. Big and beautiful for the insurance company's stockholders.

"Ends before SCOTUS 6-3 or 5-4 in favor of Trump"

Because the Constitution can be overruled by any current SCOTUS? In what bizarro world?!?

" I do enjoy watching lefties expressing sympathy for MS-13."

There.

Right there.

That's a STRAWMAN. No one, on any side of the aisle, is expressing sympathy for MS-13.

You created that claim out of straw.

Totally different from someone accurately describing what you do, like minimizing textbook domestic terrorism. Nobody is shoveling straw when they make that claim.

"they engaged in election interference."

Nonsense. They stated what was clear: the provenance had all the hallmarks of a Russian plot.

It's the same reason Fox, OAN, and Newsmax passed on the original story.

" That this was so prominently announced was to sow fear in parents for speaking out."

Once again, Bellringer minimizes textbook terrorism by leaving out the most important part.

SPEAKING OUT is disagreeing. These terrorists were threatening board members with violence and death.

" The FBI had no jurisdiction."

You're a liar.

The FBI is responsible for domestic terror threats. These folks didn't "speak up", they threatened violence and death unless the public servants reversed their stance.

You know ... THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF TERRORISM.

It says a lot about you, that you're still lying about it after being corrected at least two dozen times.

" No cops were killed on J6. Of course you can't refute ... "

Posts the guy "refuting" the Doctors' reports.

Clearly, cruelty is the point.

The cruelty isn't a bug, it's the whole damned point.