RANT - TrumpCare = Boo/ Thumbs Down

I am really quite saddened by what is going on with the American Healthcare System. In the last few days certain health conditions have been considered pre-existing conditions that would allow insurance companies to deny coverage or charge an increased rate.

The pre-existing conditions include: AIDS/HIV, alcohol or drug abuse with recent treatment, Alzheimer's/dementia, anorexia, arthritis, bulimia, cancer, Cerebral palsy, Congestive heart failure, coronary artery/ heart disease/ bypass surgery, Crohn's disease, diabetes, epilepsy, hemophilia, hepatitis, kidney disease/ renal failure, Lupus, mental disorders ( incl. Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, Schizophrenia), multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obesity, organ transplant, paraplegia, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, pending surgery or hospitalization, pneumocystic pneumonia, pregnancy or expectant parent – includes men, sleep apnea, stroke, transexualism.

If you didn't think that was enough, these issues are also included : acid reflux, acne, asthma, c-section, Celiac disease, heart burn, high cholesterol, hysterectomy, kidney stones, knee surgery, Lyme disease, migraines, narcolepsy, pacemaker, postpartum depression, SAD, seizures, “Sexual deviation or disorder', ulcers.

Oh yeah and I forgot to mention that rape, molestation and domestic abuse are also considered pre-existing conditions (but for some reason this may not become apart of the bill, there's some stickiness). How the FUCK is that a pre-existing condition? No one chooses to be raped and should not have to re-relive it constantly just so they can dodge being dinged with a higher insurance rate. One quote stated, “Now women are going to be avoiding reporting rape just so they don't have to pay higher insurance rates.”

Thankfully I am in Canada, but I do suffer from quite a few of these and I just want to note that even though these are considered pre-existing conditions some of them actually are not (they can be triggered or something can cause them to form. Examples of this would be cancer, mental disorders and kidney stones just to name a few.

I caved and watched Jimmy Kimmel's monologue regarding his son's congenital heart disease emergency surgery and he was very careful to thank very nurse/doctor/ etc that was involved in the situation. Kimmel made the following quotes and they really struck a chord with me-

“If your baby is going to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make. I think that’s something that whether you’re a Republican or a democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right? I mean, we do.”

“We need to take care of each other. I saw a lot of families there and no parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child’s life. It just shouldn’t happen. Not here.”

Making America Great Again is supposed to be working towards common goals and helping each other out as well as achieving some of the plans that Trump set out. With pre-existing conditions pretty much covering everything under the sun that is only making TrumpCare affordable and appealing to the rich/entitled, as well as those that may have a considerably influential or powerful position. This is wrong and has my brain in a tizzy. The future is looking grim at this point for Americans, that's for sure. My sympathies to those of you having to deal with this.