Project 2025 seeks to end divorce & trap women in abusive marriages. It would end the pittance of support single mothers get (any tax breaks). It would end wic.
I don’t mean to trauma dump on people here. I’ve seen what happens when women are trapped in physically & sexually abusive marriages. My paternal grandmother was trapped in that kind of marriage. She died from alcoholism when she was 50.
I haven’t read enough of project 2025 to make a good comment about it, everything I read about it is scary, but what shocked me this morning opening the article is the picture at the top: how can this woman be proud to hold a sign calling for mass deportation?
The 2025 Project needs to be dumbed down so the “sound bites” will scare the hell out of voters. Each adversely affected group should take its issues with this draconian plan and beat the drum loudly and continuously until it resonates with voters.
Here's a fun part of 2025: Privatizing the weather. Yes...they want to privatize your weather forecast and make it available only by subscription. They want to control (or better, eliminate) NOAA. Why? So they can control climate change research, that's why. And those poor people who don't know a tornado or a flash flood is coming their way are the collateral damage.
"Patients would be forced to default enroll in Medicare Advantage plans, which are private plans." Most people don't understand how Medicare Advantage plans work and, if they watch local and/or cable TV shows, they're bombarded with misleading ads during re-enrollment time periods. Basically, Medicare decides what it'll reimburse for hospitals, doctors, tests, procedures and prescriptions. But, Medicare pays a fixed amount for each patient enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. The insurance company makes money by widening the gap between the Medicare reimbursement and what it'll cover for each patient. The more the insurance company refuses to pay, the more money it earns. Do you trust insurance companies? When I retired (university professor) I enrolled in Medicare, various supplemental plans through my university, and used COBRA to keep coverage for my daughter until she graduated from college and graduate school. Last fall, I was notified by the university that it was going to a Medicare Advantage plan and all other plans would be dropped. I notified the university that I did not want this and to drop me from all plans through the university. My daughter had accepted a job offer and turned 26 so I didn't have to worry about her coverage. Instead, they enrolled me in the Medicare Advantage plan. It took months to drop the Medicare Advantage plan, get back onto Medicare and to find other supplemental plans. I ended up with a 6-week period with no insurance. Luckily, I also had a generous health reimbursement plan as part of my retirement package and I used it to pay for a couple of prescriptions during this time period. I was privileged and lucky. I don't see how most people handle these costs. As an aside, I was the associate dean in the business school and worked under the Dean who later became the university's President. This man was not an academic, he spent his career in the insurance industry, rising through the ranks. Of course he made the decision for retirees to go to Medicare Advantage and, he choose the plan from his previous employer.
Project 2025 seeks to end divorce & trap women in abusive marriages. It would end the pittance of support single mothers get (any tax breaks). It would end wic.
I don’t mean to trauma dump on people here. I’ve seen what happens when women are trapped in physically & sexually abusive marriages. My paternal grandmother was trapped in that kind of marriage. She died from alcoholism when she was 50.
At first I thought the cover photo was AI-generated, (erroneously including Col Sanders.)
That the photo is real shows how truly disgusting real-life Trump supporters are.
I thought of June Cleaver when I saw it.
I haven’t read enough of project 2025 to make a good comment about it, everything I read about it is scary, but what shocked me this morning opening the article is the picture at the top: how can this woman be proud to hold a sign calling for mass deportation?
The 2025 Project needs to be dumbed down so the “sound bites” will scare the hell out of voters. Each adversely affected group should take its issues with this draconian plan and beat the drum loudly and continuously until it resonates with voters.
Here's a fun part of 2025: Privatizing the weather. Yes...they want to privatize your weather forecast and make it available only by subscription. They want to control (or better, eliminate) NOAA. Why? So they can control climate change research, that's why. And those poor people who don't know a tornado or a flash flood is coming their way are the collateral damage.
"Patients would be forced to default enroll in Medicare Advantage plans, which are private plans." Most people don't understand how Medicare Advantage plans work and, if they watch local and/or cable TV shows, they're bombarded with misleading ads during re-enrollment time periods. Basically, Medicare decides what it'll reimburse for hospitals, doctors, tests, procedures and prescriptions. But, Medicare pays a fixed amount for each patient enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. The insurance company makes money by widening the gap between the Medicare reimbursement and what it'll cover for each patient. The more the insurance company refuses to pay, the more money it earns. Do you trust insurance companies? When I retired (university professor) I enrolled in Medicare, various supplemental plans through my university, and used COBRA to keep coverage for my daughter until she graduated from college and graduate school. Last fall, I was notified by the university that it was going to a Medicare Advantage plan and all other plans would be dropped. I notified the university that I did not want this and to drop me from all plans through the university. My daughter had accepted a job offer and turned 26 so I didn't have to worry about her coverage. Instead, they enrolled me in the Medicare Advantage plan. It took months to drop the Medicare Advantage plan, get back onto Medicare and to find other supplemental plans. I ended up with a 6-week period with no insurance. Luckily, I also had a generous health reimbursement plan as part of my retirement package and I used it to pay for a couple of prescriptions during this time period. I was privileged and lucky. I don't see how most people handle these costs. As an aside, I was the associate dean in the business school and worked under the Dean who later became the university's President. This man was not an academic, he spent his career in the insurance industry, rising through the ranks. Of course he made the decision for retirees to go to Medicare Advantage and, he choose the plan from his previous employer.
I have not read Project 2025. But page numbers for the sections quoted would be extremely helpful.
Breathtaking 😞. Thank you for the nuggets to inform us and others