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Captain Yossarian
Feb 24, 2011

All new" Rings of Fire"
I'm gonna kick the OP's rear end

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GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

The Bananana posted:

Over Half these chicks are doable. :q:

I.assumed they were all Duggers.

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

Garcin posted:

Thankfully I never got that memo.

It's a wonderful thing that republicans are moving forward with diversity.



Vitalis Jackson
May 14, 2009

Sun and water are healthy for you -- but not for your hair!
Fun Shoe
I think you SOB's may have driven the OP off; perhaps apologies are due. Also, he/she seems curiously adept at GBS for being a 2-day old goon.

LOVE,
VITALIS

ManDingo
Jun 1, 2001
You guys didn't ask all those white peoples which race they identify with. Racists.

The Bananana
May 21, 2008

This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.



ManDingo posted:

You guys didn't ask all those white peoples which race they identify with. Racists.

I'm Just saying a lot of those chicks in that pic can identify with gettin' my dick.

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

The Bananana posted:

I'm Just saying a lot of those chicks in that pic can identify with gettin' my dick.

they all have that chunky knee pie-face true-believer christian look to them so i might pass

unless butt stuff is an option which it most likely is since it was the christians that invented the poophole loophole

what i'm trying to say is that i really have no standards

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

if you cant afford to buy insurance you could just shoplift some

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
a bunch of insurance carriers are pulling out of obamacare and rates are predicted to rise by as much as 27% in some areas next year

lol as if I already don't pay enough gently caress this stupid bill and gently caress the anti-socialist retards who want as much insurance company dick in their rear end as possible

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

Moridin920 posted:

a bunch of insurance carriers are pulling out of obamacare and rates are predicted to rise by as much as 27% in some areas next year

lol as if I already don't pay enough gently caress this stupid bill and gently caress the anti-socialist retards who want as much insurance company dick in their rear end as possible

i love how republicans hosed up the ACA making it the absolute capitalist nightmare that it is then are all like "lol obamacare told you socialism sux!!!!"

and this poo poo is still a real loving thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarran%E2%80%93Ferguson_Act

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Robot Pride posted:

i love how republicans hosed up the ACA making it the absolute capitalist nightmare that it is then are all like "lol obamacare told you socialism sux!!!!"

and this poo poo is still a real loving thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarran%E2%80%93Ferguson_Act

plus some people are in areas where Aetna is literally the only option on the health exchange market so when they pull out of Obamacare people will be legally mandated to buy a product that does not exist. lmao

Aetna is probably just buttmad that their merger got denied to add insult to injury

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy
Ha, yeah, Obamacare is Republicans.

Hillary already has the next election locked up, you can give the revisionism a rest for a while.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

its a bad name because obama doesnt actually care

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
My insurance is insanely good for its price, even if I didn't have a credit or discount. 250$ deduct and max $1200 out of pocket. 90$ a month

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Libertarians think health insurance is corrupt (cause it is) but think deregulation is the answer cause somehow they see how well that works everywhere else, now let's do it for a system that ties your arms behind your back and threatens death if you don't pay anything

Then again, the opposite is somehow bolstering insurance. Line the pockets of the rich

But but but what if someone gets insurance then has heart surgery?? Then they stop paying for their insurance :qq:

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Moridin920 posted:

plus some people are in areas where Aetna is literally the only option on the health exchange market so when they pull out of Obamacare people will be legally mandated to buy a product that does not exist. lmao

Aetna is probably just buttmad that their merger got denied to add insult to injury

yep

A July letter, acquired by Huffington Post reporters Jonathan Cohn and Jeffrey Young, outlined Aetna's thinking on the public exchanges if the deal with Humana were blocked. The letter from Bertolini to the DOJ outlined the effect of a possible merger on its Affordable Care Act business.

For one thing, Bertolini notes that the cost savings from the Humana deal would allow the companies to further expand coverage into parts of the US.

"As we add new territories, given the additional startup costs of each new territory, we will incur additional losses," the letter said. "Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition."

Additionally, the letter seemed to foretell the move on Monday. Here's the key passage (emphasis added):

"Our analysis to date makes clear that if the deal were challenged and/or blocked we would need to take immediate actions to mitigate public exchange and ACA small group losses.Specifically, if the DOJ sues to enjoin the transaction, we will immediately take action to reduce our 2017 exchange footprint.

"We currently plan, as part of our strategy following the acquisition, to expand from 15 states in 2016 to 20 states in 2017. However, if we are in the midst of litigation over the Humana transaction, given the risks described above, we will not be able to expand to the five additional states.

"In addition, we would also withdraw from at least five additional states where generating a market return would take too long for us to justify, given the costs associated with a potential breakup of the transaction. In other words, instead of expanding to 20 states next year, we would reduce our presence to no more than 10 states."

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy
Peeps starting to realize the legislature.exists.to make laws favoring their donors' profit margins, and thus the politician's election fund and "charitable foundations."

I AM THE TOILET
Jul 11, 2016
health insurance is a loving scam; pass it on

i had health insurance for one year and i used it to have a doctor look at my butthole for like two seconds and then she said i should go to a specialist, billed me $200 for a two second peek at my loving rear end in a top hat

i go to the specialist and he doesn't even look at my butthole; straight up tells me we gotta get a camera up there to see if anything's wrong. IF. he shakes my hand. I get billed $250 for this privilege

coming up to the date of the butt camera show and i get a call telling me it's $2000 to get it done. i do not have $2000 handy. if i were the fucker that had $2000 handy, maybe i could pick a better insurance!!!!!!

anyways i cancelled the appointment and fork over the $450 to talking to two doctors, two real motherfucking criminals, for looking at my rear end in a top hat for two seconds and then shaking my hand

i decline insurance for next year and i'm ready to just pay the OH LORDY TAX PENALTY next year - which is going to be much cheaper than having a generous bite taken out of my paycheck every month in addition to talking to loving do-nothing rear end in a top hat criminal doctors who really think their loving time is worth $450

my butthole turned out to be fine i just needed some prep h up in there to cut down on the friction. don't get a dry butthole, fellas

edit: and it was aetna i had so i'm loving glad to see those loving snakes slither away and gently caress off and i hope they lose all their money and their fatcat owners and stockholders have to sit on their butts in the street in their pinstripe suits crying into the monogrammed hankies with big $$$ signs on them

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

I AM THE TOILET posted:

health insurance is a loving scam; pass it on

i had health insurance for one year and i used it to have a doctor look at my butthole for like two seconds and then she said i should go to a specialist, billed me $200 for a two second peek at my loving rear end in a top hat

i go to the specialist and he doesn't even look at my butthole; straight up tells me we gotta get a camera up there to see if anything's wrong. IF. he shakes my hand. I get billed $250 for this privilege

coming up to the date of the butt camera show and i get a call telling me it's $2000 to get it done. i do not have $2000 handy. if i were the fucker that had $2000 handy, maybe i could pick a better insurance!!!!!!

anyways i cancelled the appointment and fork over the $450 to talking to two doctors, two real motherfucking criminals, for looking at my rear end in a top hat for two seconds and then shaking my hand

i decline insurance for next year and i'm ready to just pay the OH LORDY TAX PENALTY next year - which is going to be much cheaper than having a generous bite taken out of my paycheck every month in addition to talking to loving do-nothing rear end in a top hat criminal doctors who really think their loving time is worth $450

my butthole turned out to be fine i just needed some prep h up in there to cut down on the friction. don't get a dry butthole, fellas

edit: and it was aetna i had so i'm loving glad to see those loving snakes slither away and gently caress off and i hope they lose all their money and their fatcat owners and stockholders have to sit on their butts in the street in their pinstripe suits crying into the monogrammed hankies with big $$$ signs on them

glad to hear your butt is ok

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
my new doctor is a big giant fat guy lol thanks obamacare

actually I don;t have obamacare but I do have insurance through my work that costs like $50 a week and is supposedly way better than Obamacare.

but somehow every time I go to the doctor I have to come up with hundreds of dollars so I'm not sure what this insurance is anyway. and I can't imagine that people with Obamacare are any happier with their insurance than I am

Jesustheastronaut!
Mar 9, 2014




Lipstick Apathy
Self medicate and eat fast food pumped full of antibiotics. Live is easy if you know how (I know how)

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

I AM THE TOILET posted:

health insurance is a loving scam; pass it on

i had health insurance for one year and i used it to have a doctor look at my butthole for like two seconds and then she said i should go to a specialist, billed me $200 for a two second peek at my loving rear end in a top hat

i go to the specialist and he doesn't even look at my butthole; straight up tells me we gotta get a camera up there to see if anything's wrong. IF. he shakes my hand. I get billed $250 for this privilege

coming up to the date of the butt camera show and i get a call telling me it's $2000 to get it done. i do not have $2000 handy. if i were the fucker that had $2000 handy, maybe i could pick a better insurance!!!!!!

anyways i cancelled the appointment and fork over the $450 to talking to two doctors, two real motherfucking criminals, for looking at my rear end in a top hat for two seconds and then shaking my hand

i decline insurance for next year and i'm ready to just pay the OH LORDY TAX PENALTY next year - which is going to be much cheaper than having a generous bite taken out of my paycheck every month in addition to talking to loving do-nothing rear end in a top hat criminal doctors who really think their loving time is worth $450

my butthole turned out to be fine i just needed some prep h up in there to cut down on the friction. don't get a dry butthole, fellas

edit: and it was aetna i had so i'm loving glad to see those loving snakes slither away and gently caress off and i hope they lose all their money and their fatcat owners and stockholders have to sit on their butts in the street in their pinstripe suits crying into the monogrammed hankies with big $$$ signs on them

you present a pretty convincing argument although chronic butt trouble leads me to question your life choices

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

vols bitch posted:

have you tried getting a job

My last job was at Walmart! It was in the middle of the summer and I think it exasperated a yet still undiagnosed but very very likely ride on the Multiple Sclerosis express. By the time I had quit the job I had double vision and even though I do not brag often I can say I worked so hard that I only sat down on the job once and this was by accident and by my last shift I was unable to physically move (I pushed shopping carts 8 hours a day). Walmart is hiring!

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

Garcin posted:

So I was just writing all of this because I felt like being an incredible rear end in a top hat, but I do have a bunch of experience with medicaid, healthcare.gov, and the patient protection and affordable care act (if you are a racist or sympathetic to being a racist you would call it obamacare).

First off, Kang Wang registers what two days ago and asks for advice in GBS. I am a lurker here and have been so since what, the year 2000, so I get a bit skeptical about the responses people look for and what they may get.

So my message to Kang Wang is simple : you actually have to call people, and work with people to maintain your local health coverage through medicaid and healthcare.gov. They are ridiculously helpful as long as you follow their really simple rules and submit documentation on time.

And now that I think about it, I feel like an incredible rear end in a top hat. And I feel that medicaid in your state should be better funded, and your questions should be answered quickly and confidential without having to ask an internet forum that you joined... two days ago.

Lastly... dicks.

I haven't made any phone calls yet! But I'm looking forward to working up the courage to leaving a message and never hearing anything back ever again!

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

Kang Wang posted:

My last job was at Walmart! It was in the middle of the summer and I think it exasperated a yet still undiagnosed but very very likely ride on the Multiple Sclerosis express. By the time I had quit the job I had double vision and even though I do not brag often I can say I worked so hard that I only sat down on the job once and this was by accident and by my last shift I was unable to physically move (I pushed shopping carts 8 hours a day). Walmart is hiring!

have you considered cutting down to just one sclerosis?

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH

Kang Wang posted:

My last job was at Walmart! It was in the middle of the summer and I think it exasperated a yet still undiagnosed but very very likely ride on the Multiple Sclerosis express. By the time I had quit the job I had double vision and even though I do not brag often I can say I worked so hard that I only sat down on the job once and this was by accident and by my last shift I was unable to physically move (I pushed shopping carts 8 hours a day). Walmart is hiring!
jobs are cool they give you money and insurance if you are smart or have a skill

The Bananana
May 21, 2008

This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.



That's the spirit

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

Robot Pride posted:

have you considered cutting down to just one sclerosis?

Plenty of people will make fun but I think being brave and actually loving new challenges, unless I'm like crapping myself and unable to get to the toilet, then I should be OKAY. I don't actually mind not being able to use the mouse since I'm no longer really all that much into gaming.

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

Kang Wang posted:

Plenty of people will make fun but I think being brave and actually loving new challenges, unless I'm like crapping myself and unable to get to the toilet, then I should be OKAY. I don't actually mind not being able to use the mouse since I'm no longer really all that much into gaming.

srs post i hope the best for you in spite of my pseudo comedic shameful posting

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

vols bitch posted:

jobs are cool they give you money and insurance if you are smart or have a skill

I'm working towards a A+ certificate but since that job needs me to perform manual duties I'll probably have to find another line of work.

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH

Kang Wang posted:

I'm working towards a A+ certificate but since that job needs me to perform manual duties I'll probably have to find another line of work.
im looking for a latex salesman

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

Robot Pride posted:

srs post i hope the best for you in spite of my pseudo comedic shameful posting

I don't know really how to feel. Like I'm looking at my declining ability to use a mouse but I think my ability to type is actually improving.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Kang Wang posted:

I don't know really how to feel. Like I'm looking at my declining ability to use a mouse but I think my ability to type is actually improving.

too bad your posting ability isn't heyo

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

vols bitch posted:

im looking for a latex salesman

I have never really worked with Latex. What does the job entail?

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

Blue Train posted:

too bad your posting ability isn't heyo

Ya my driving is also suffering. I need to figure something out.

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH

Kang Wang posted:

I have never really worked with Latex. What does the job entail?

a lot of going downtown if you get my drift

The Bananana
May 21, 2008

This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.



vols bitch posted:

a lot of going downtown if you get my drift

I don't think he does. :(

Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

vols bitch posted:

a lot of going downtown if you get my drift

My car doesn't have air conditioning!

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Kang Wang
Aug 16, 2016

The Bananana posted:

I don't think he does. :(

I never know whats going on. This thread was supposed to be about me not able to arse myself into a state to get going on updating my insurance. Thanks for the help though!

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