kemajic said:
Every four years we watch Montana's Democrats pretend they are conservative. They support any gun control measure up through allowing only single shot rifles or shotguns for hunting, and claim that shows support for the 2nd Amendment.
Pre-existing conditions is the rally latest phony rally cry. As a former state employee, I know that the state health care plans under Bullock his entire tenure as AG, and his tenure as Governor before the ACA, had exclusions for pre-existing conditions. So much for always favoring this coverage. But these exclusions did not affect current employees, only new employees. And these are in place for one reason, too protect the pool of policy holders from catastrophic premium increases. That's why the exclusion was in every state health insurance program, every union health program, and every private group or individual policy. To make the insurance affordable. And that's why COBRA was in place if you changed jobs, to keep coverage for your condition in place. The irony of the ACA, by requiring coverage of pre-existing conditions, it guaranteed insurance would not be affordable. And once you require that coverage, it isn't insurance, which by definition is indemnity against future events. Like car insurance and home insurance. You don't get to go uninsured for 20 years and then only buy insurance the day after your house burns down or you wreck your car. There is no after the fact coverage.
The thing I miss this year is any party giving any consideration to out of control spending. When we devalue the dollar by just printing and putting more dollars into circulation, which we will have to do as the only means of paying off the national debt, the US will fall as a nation just as every great society in history. The reason to not vote democrat is that demise will happen 10X faster. Don't agree, Venezuela is the most recent Exhibit 1. And the companion to economic collapse is that a totalitarians government always fills the void. Conservatives have way more guns and ammo than liberals, and know how to use them. Too steal a recent campaign phrase, "Think about that!."