Topic: Health insurance! My Cobra premium from my old job is cheaper than the marketplace rates! 3K vs 4K…I’m freelance btw, hoping to get outta the ad biz within the year. What gives? How is this sustainable? WTdoubleOF!

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Our crackpot president and his acolytes in Congress don’t give a 💩 about sustainability when it applies to the rest of us. I’m so sorry you’re going through this, I know so many who are, too. Make Americans Grovel Again.

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I never thought I would say this, because I don’t like the idea of leaving the country because of an administration. Maybe it’s time to seriously consider moving outta the Gulf of ‘Merica? Not to Canada but somewhere else, Portugal, Spain? Even when the administration changes, not much is guaranteed to improve except that food, insurance and housing will still keep increasing. In no way am I trying to sound negative, just realistic. Besides that 2026 is going to be everyone’s year, so let’s rock that now!

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So many folks are going thru the same shit!

$3k a month!!!!? I knew shot was going up, but that’s unreal.

Cobra is better. Marketplace is good if you can't get Cobra.

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