Why health insurance is such a pain in the...

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Thursday November 01, 2018 · 8:19 AM PDT

2018/11/01 · 08:19

A short and sweet diary to explain why the current health insurance system in the US is such garbage.

My wife is a nurse and I am a teacher. My district covers my daughters’ and my monthly premium, but not if I add my wife so my wife is on her own insurance. My wife also covers us through dental and vision insurance.

Now here is where things get interesting, my wife gets an e-mail from her claims coordinator stating my wife needs to submit the following: Government issued birth certificates for our daughters. Our government issued marriage certificate. Our last 2 years of 1040 tax forms, but with the financial info blacked out. If not, the 3 of us are dropped from insurance.

Thankfully we are able to, and have the means, to easily access all of this. But imagine how many people are faced with the same situation and aren’t? So they lose coverage for all.

Our current system is terrible.

How Voter Suppression Works: Real-Life Example

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Friday October 14, 2016 · 9:39 AM PDT

2016/10/14 · 09:39

My sister lives in Tennessee, and is a strong Democrat. Having lived there for over a year, she registered to vote as she was suppose to, and received this letter back:

If you look closely, my sister’s registration was denied because she forgot to mark what sex she is on her registration application. This begs the question, of what difference does it make? None. But in Tennessee, how many people get rejected because of this?

Also notice the highlighted part on the bottom. When my sister received this notice, it was already past the due date to send back via mail. Her only option is to drive to the county court house in Knoxville and deliver the notice in person. Thankfully she lives in Knoxville, has the time and transportation to do it. Think of how many people don’t have the ability or time to do this?

This is voter suppression and it can happen to anyone. We need to get out and vote and put a stop to it!

Shooting off fireworks lead to getting shot with shotgun.

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Monday June 30, 2014 · 8:02 PM PDT

2014/06/30 · 20:02

This is going to be a Q&D diary, but shooting off of fireworks lead to people getting shot (and thankfully not killed). Go below for the details.

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Friday May 23, 2014 · 8:16 AM PDT

2014/05/23 · 08:16

Sean Hannity was the keynote speaker at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, ND yesterday. See below for what he bloviated on.

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Tuesday February 12, 2013 · 5:56 AM PST

2013/02/12 · 05:56

Oh how I wish this was one of the greatest troll jobs in the history of legislation, but looking at the sponsors its probably serious.

North Dakota debated a bill that would mandate a 6 month waiting period plus mandatory counseling before a divorce would be granted. Dems in the legislature are claiming the bill "Helps children". The bill even has some Republican sponsors. I would wish this could be turned on the Republicans to support gay marriage and get rid of North Dakota's draconian abortion legislation, but I doubt it.

Here is a link to the Bismarck Tribune article on the bill:
http://bismarcktribune.com/...

Heidi Heitkamp--ND Senate Race

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Wednesday November 07, 2012 · 7:58 AM PST

2012/11/07 · 07:58

I don't think Heidi Heitkamp's possible Senate election in North Dakota is getting the national attention it deserves.

Heidi currently holds a 2,994 vote lead over Rick Berg. The Berg campaign has said they will wait until the canvassing on Friday before conceding defeat. The fact that, in a state that went heavy to the Republicans state wide, Heitkamp holds a lead is amazing. Republican SuperPACS (Rove's included) spent a lot of money in the state trying to tie Heitkamp to Obama. Looks like it didn't work.

Berg is a Tea Party suck up who is as radical as Akin or Mourdock when it comes to his pro-life beliefs. To see Berg losing is a great, great thing for the country. He would be a terrible senator. If Heidi's lead holds up, she will be a very good senator for ND and the United States.

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Tuesday June 12, 2012 · 7:54 PM PDT

2012/06/12 · 19:54

Not many people have been paying attention to North Dakota for reason other than the oil fields, but ND had two important ballot measures that some in the nation have been following.

Measure 2 would have abolished property taxes state wide. It was brought to vote by out-of-state property owners and the Tea Party as a test case. It is getting CRUSHED 80% against.

Measure 3 would have been one of those "Religious Freedom" measures that other states have passed. Even in conservative ND it is losing 63-36.

While North Dakota is not a bellwether state by any means, it is nice to see common sense rejecting two extreme right-wing measures.

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