I hope your son experiences continuing improvement.

I read the posts in that thread over and over for comfort and to be positive when I was down. And read them to him when he was sleeping and again when he woke up, so he'd know that literally hundreds of people he didn't know were pulling for him in their own ways. So much more powerful than anyone could possibly imagine.

upset right now. As in crying my heart out. It has become obvious with the vitriol that I never should have posted about my son to begin with. I'm horrified.

Never mind -- don't say it here -- I hope whoever the *holes were got tombstoned.

Obviously I missed whatever happened, but I am so sorry. I am so sorry. I'm glad you came to us in the BOG -- know you are loved and that all of us who posted our prayers and good wishes for you and your son are still doing so. We are still here for you.

Hekate

I work for a large company, I will check none the less.

And Devon, thank you for the update on your son. I am so happy for you all. Despite the headaches and pain, he is alive and will get better.

(((((HUGS)))))

she~

until someone asked a question in GD and in looking for information I stumbled upon this. Since it drastically limits ACA protections and benefits, I had to post about it.

Thank you for all your well wishes and prayers. They got him through. And me, too. There were times I was afraid to be close to him because I was just in despair. I couldn't let my negative feelings touch him. That's when I pulled out my phone and read the thread. You lifted me up when I couldn't do it myself. And then I could be strong for him again.

Just seeing your post now.

My dear, I am still new here, less than a year. Days, 17 to be exact after I joined DU. A dearly loved one got married. Later that night he fell from an outside stairway. He nearly died. Actually he was non responsive when the medivac picked him up. I was new, yet one night when his wife posted wedding pictures, it was late and I was in tears. At that point we had no clue if he would ever be the same. I posted on DU, and oh the support I got was amazing. It helped me through the night.

It took months to know the outcome. Yet he is now fine and strong. I was there with you Devon, I am not a mom, yet he is the closest thing that I have to a son. I truly knew what you were going through and I am so very glad that he is well.

Hugs~

All my preventative care is now covered 100% with no co-pays; everything ftom flu shots to colonoscopies. I don't know if it's because of CA law or Blue Shield's decision to do the right thing, but they appear to be complying with the ACA.

some of the others. As long as you're aware to keep an eye on it from year to year...

And the insurance companies know if they pull too many shenanigans, the State may go single payer. But for the votes of a few conservadem state legislators, we almost did.

May take awhile, but the whole country will get there eventually.

and to read your informative info about grandfathered plans. those corporate healthcare scoundrels got a whiff of what was coming down the pipe with ACA and tried to get around it. but, at least folks have an option to choose on the first. your post is a public service. thank you.

to follow ACA guidelines like sunseeker's Blue Cross above. Even so, sunseeker knows to check for changes every year since they aren't legally obligated to follow it.

My source at HRSA says that *many major insurance companies do choose to follow the guidelines but not all. And yes, you WILL have to check every year upon renewal because they aren't obligated.

I'm going to check again - I think a got a letter about grandfathering.

So glad about your son. May you both stay strong through the healing process and may God or the Flying Spaghetti Monster watch over you!

check the policy every year for changes in case they decide *not to follow one or two or all of them anymore. Forewarned, etc.

It'd be cool if God were the flying spaghetti monster, wouldn't it? I mean, he's a fun monster, right? And who doesn't love spaghetti? And it wouldn't be fattening if God were made of spaghetti. That'd be blasphemy! Pasta for everyone! Down with Olive Garden, though. It'd be my sauces, passed down from generations ago by branches of la famiglia in Firenze e Napoli.

that signs people up for tithes!

The real church would be the family kitchen!

I have half a mind to pass the latter on via a letter to the local weekly paper, but our state's one of the ones opting out as much and as long as it can. Don't know if it would do any good here at this point.