Reply #10: I went for "other"

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I am mad as hell at what is going on and feel like banging my head against the wall not understanding how so many people can be so blind and confused. On the other hand, I remember hearing Jonathan Alter say a week or so ago, probably on Countdown, that though he would like to see a public option, if anybody had told him a few years ago that we are going to get a revamping of the health care system that will eliminate the pre-existing conditions aberration (the words are of course mine, not Alter's, but the idea is 100% his), eliminate life time caps, ensure that everybody that wants insurance can get it, lowers the costs for the insured, etc., he would have been damn happy. That's basically where I stand. Even if we do not get the famous public option, as long as we DO get the other major points, it's still a very big thing.

I was spared so far any personal horrible story, but I was without insurance for just two months last year. It was worse than it sounds because I knew my insurance was ending and until just before it ended I did not have another job lined up, in other words I had no idea what I will do. And it scared the hell out of me. Also, my new insurance kicked it after one month in the new job, and I had to provide a paper from the previous insurance to show that it had not lapsed more than three months earlier, if I remember correctly. Had the in-between period been longer, some pre-existing condition non-sense would have kicked in, not sure about the details. Incidentally, I work for the state of IL now, so I guess it's an above average deal, but pre-existing conditions were still an issue. Is there anybody in his/her fifties who does NOT have some kind of pre-existing condition??