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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 02:27 AM Feb 2016

Hillary is going to have to show she understands what it is to be poor.

She is getting her ass kicked by people in the lower earnings groups.

If she wants to win the Primaries and have any chance in the GE, she is going to have to up her game.

As it stands now, she is apparently not getting it done.

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elleng

(130,974 posts)
14. Not sure how true that is,
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:52 AM
Feb 2016

but I may be missing some things in her bio. Didn't her 'unpleasant' father leave her and her mother when hrc was young? Her mother, at least, had difficult years.

TSIAS

(14,689 posts)
3. She should tell her story from 2000
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 02:31 AM
Feb 2016

She left the White House, dead broke and in debt. Probably couldn't even get a loan from a bank to pay for her homes. All she had was a presidential pension from her husband.

Now she wrote books, gave speeches, and became a multi-millionaire. That's the type of inspiration that should stop the Sanders momentum.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
6. Time to dress down?
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 02:36 AM
Feb 2016

and pretend she is one of the 99% that is not actually in her special club? Just my perception.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
8. The only thing she knows about poor is being a poor loser.
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 02:52 AM
Feb 2016

Eight years ago was HILLarious and I can't wait for the melt down to continue!

slipslidingaway

(21,210 posts)
11. One cannot understand how it feels unless they have been there ...
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 03:07 AM
Feb 2016

IMHO she cannot do so.

She underestimates the people who suffer from high out of pocket maximums, not even speaking of deductibles, but the annual out of pocket maximums that many people do not even look at until ... something happens.

These are the people that make up two thirds of medical bankruptcies who Have insurance when they became ill.

This is such a game and charges vary widely for the same services and who you owe first! Do you pick up a drug at CVS in January for $3000 and need to put that on a credit card, if you can? You have been in the hospital for well over a week, but they have not billed yet so need you need to pay. With a hospital you can negotiate, but if you need the drug then you have to pay if you have an additional 3K allowance on a credit you are lucky. You try and anticipate the provider you'll owe in the first weeks of the new year, but that is a problem relegated to the rich, many people do not have that option.

Our HC is screwed up and I doubt Hillary has such concerns.



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