The Affordable Care Act did something very nasty to millions of American families, the "family glitch" that left many families with health insurance that cost much more than Obama's "affordable" level of 9.5% of income, and also left them without access to subsidies.
It was a feature, not a bug, and in either case it was not fixed at the time because it was said to be too costly to the taxpayers.
Now that inflation and high gas prices are forcing many people to cut costs, the Biden administration is considering an executive action or regulatory change to "help" these families, probably by making them finally eligible for subsidies.
For my family, that would run into five digits annually, and it would entrench the big gnarly burr that is Obamacare even deeper into our collective behind.
That's their real goal here.
I would rather have my affordable high-deductible insurance back.
What the government can give, the government can take away, and health insurance is not health care.
There is much to be gleaned from old books. Today I learned that the cutting to pieces of Rahab in Isaiah 51 can be understood as part of God's work in parting and securing a passage across the Red Sea for the escape of the Israelites from Egypt.
They weren't just fleeing the Egyptians; there were principalities and powers at work then, just as now.
The Israelites were significantly reminded of the Red Sea passage as they entered the Promised Land, Joshua 4 says, when God stopped the flow of the Jordan River for them to cross over.
There's also the prostitute Rahab who assisted the Israelites, whose God had easily defeated her namesake.
"Three souls flying home because I stayed behind"
One of the souls I've helped toward salvation suddenly flew home recently. This song helped me to really cry for the first time over it.
I happened to read about the Gadarene swine in Mark 3 this morning before coming across this piece, which mentions it.
David Clements mentions Michael Cocchini. A quick internet search tells me that they've worked together before, and that a different Michael Cocchini--and a Susan Clements--went fatally missing in the Smoky Mountains. At separate times.
Feels like a rabbit hole.
Much like Jonathan Cahn connects the major demons of ancient Israel to today's United States, Clements says that the spirits of the Nephilim are here and active.
https://joehoft.com/attorney-david-clements-mkultras-shadow-a-demonic-war-for-humanitys-mind/
