You can already choose a new health plan under the American Health Care Act

[beschizza]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/05/06/you-can-already-choose-a-new-h.html

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[smulder]

[the_borderer]

I thought they were going to offer a low budget one, to show that they “cared”.

Only $599.99

[WarrenTerra]

You can tell this isn’t real, because it’s missing key features of the AHCA: it doesn’t cost older people massively more than younger people (compared to the current system), and there’s not a word about pre-existing conditions might increase the cost of your plan or make it unavailable.

[chgoliz]

$600, for cardboard? There are 4 choices at Costco under $1,000. And a plain pine box has got to be around the same price, if not less.

[the_borderer]

They have to impoverish the already poor make a profit somehow.

[teknocholer]

@the_borderer

Only $599.99

What? For less than that you can get two, one steel and one cardboard.
https://www.amazon.com/Danby-DCF145A1WDD-Designer-Thermostat-Efficient/dp/B01F8KCI0Q/ref=sr_1_21?s=appliances&ie=UTF8&qid=1494079712&sr=1-21&keywords=freezer

[emo_pinata]

If there is an industry I hate more than for-profit healthcare it is for-profit funeral rites.

[LearnedCoward]

Why are you shopping for caskets at Costco?

[LearnedCoward]

When I die, I want to be stuck up a tree in Tennessee

[Papasan]

tRumpCare is like selling explosive diarrhea. Good luck TGOP!

[Papasan]

Good a place as any other.

[teknocholer]

@LearnedCoward

When I die, I want to be stuck up a tree in Tennessee

- YouTube

[strangefriendbb]

Or you could go with BioGift.

http://www.biogift.org/body-donation-areas.php

[Brainspore]

@emo_pinata

If there is an industry I hate more than for-profit healthcare it is for-profit funeral rites.

Hey, at least nobody “needs” a fancy funeral. And if you do choose to have one for a family member you can be reasonably sure the “pre-existing condition” won’t make it cost a lot more for some people than others.

Me, I’ve told the fam to just go the “coffee can” route.

[MaiqTheLiar]

It’s like this; there’s John Prine - and then there’s everybody else.

[the_borderer]

@Papasan

selling explosive diarrhea

I always thought that was what ⊥rump was all about.

[paxsimius]

I want my ashes kept in a beer growler. Preferably with a little IPA left in it.

[anon34697667]

@Brainspore

Hey, at least nobody “needs” a fancy funeral. And if you do choose to have one for a family member you can be reasonably sure the “pre-existing condition” won’t make it cost a lot more for some people than others. Me, I’ve told the fam to just go the “coffee can” route.

Yep. I don’t care what people do with my remains. It’s not my problem.

[emo_pinata]

It’s pretty hard to get around the funeral homes entirely, though it is very possible if your grieving family moves fast enough and jumps through a lot of hoops. I just want to be harvested, not embalmed, and then buried in a shroud or cremated and then buried - I just want it to be cheap and return me back into the circle of life.

However, my family can ultimately decide what to do to grieve how they want. I just disagree with a lot of the sales tactics and fees, and I really don’t want to be buried as essentially a stuffed toy.