I'm exceptionally calm. . . with so many PJ ticket days under my belt, I feel sufficiently prepared for website issues of this nature.

This is also probably the same reason why people probably shouldn't do this today. Too many people visiting a website at once is essentially a legitimate distributed denial of service attack. I'm going to wait until after my northeastern PJ journey to see how incredibly pissed off I get at ACA for jacking up my premium for no good reason.

LOL. I'm weary of the 'Insurance CAN start as soon as Jan 1st.' Makes me wonder if it's a first come, first serve deal. I am uncovered as of today because our Insurance bumped our monthly premiums and I couldn't afford the $200 hike.

How many people do you know that don't have insurance because they 100% just don't WANT it?

How many people do you know that don't have insurance because they 100% just don't WANT it?

all good patriotic americans?

Zero, but I am deeply concerned that the policy I've had for several years won't qualify. That's what could really piss me off.

Zero, but I am deeply concerned that the policy I've had for several years won't qualify. That's what could really piss me off.

I don't know enough about the details of this plan to comment properly, but I've been living in MA long enough to have dealt with "Romneycare" which is essentially what "Obamacare" was based on by way of the shortest route to the center - I won't lie - health insurance premiums went up quite a bit when health insurance coverage became mandatory, and I actively sought out ways of avoiding that - looked into and help private insurance not offered by my company, contacted the local governmental agencies assigned to assist people with insurance questions, and looking for options etc- as it turns out, I've had mandatory health insurance coverage through my company for a good 5 or 6 years now, and the rates fluctuate depending on what plan my company is offering, what company owns my company, and what options I choose as coverage - as of this current iteration of health insurance offered by my company's most recent owners, the coverage is excellent and much more affordable to me than it was even a few years ago.
It's not as cheap as it was when insurance companies weren't calling the shots about medical coverage, but I'd say even with the rise in cost, it's probably better this way than there being millions of people who don't have insurance because they can't afford it - these people still get sick, require medical care, and it all has to be paid for by someone - it's more efficient that regular health problems being handled in an emergency room because that's the only way the person can get treated, and the subsequent costs associated with a trip there.

Single payer, please.

that got shot down... by guess who?

that got shot down... by guess who?

JP Morgan? Goldman Sachs?