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  1. Sep 2018
    1. In the case of health care, however, there’s an even deeper problem: The G.O.P. can’t come up with an alternative to the Affordable Care Act because no such alternative exists.

      If no better option exists they leave ACA and fix the parts that aren’t working. THey shouldn’t just get rid of it because the Democrats came up with. Stop worrying about party and worry about the good of the people.

    2. But what about the problems that sank the repeal effort in 2017? Surely Republicans have spent the past year rethinking their policy ideas, trying to come up with ways to undo the A.C.A. without inflicting enormous harm on ordinary Americans, especially those with pre-existing medical conditions. Right?

      They have had time to come up with a better plan then ACA and if they haven’t they should look at the parts that don’t work and fix them instead of repealing it.

    1. it will require understanding that for those who truly need them, emotional support animals are not just a question of convenience

      It is hard for people who do not have a mental illness to understand what it is like to live with one. If they did take the time to understand and talk to people with one they would not abuse the fact you can have emotional support animals and also understand why making jokes about it can really hurt people with one.

    2. when wealthy parents pay doctors to write notes asserting their child has a psychological diagnosis they may or may not have in order for them to get extra time on the SAT and other exams, an allowance originally created for students with documented learning disabilities.

      People want to the best and in some cases will do whatever it takes. ADHD is over diagnosed and the ones who do truly have it may not be able to get all the help they need because of the ones who just want the perks are overworking the system.

    3. they

      With people taking advantage or seeing it as a perk it makes the ones who do need it feel as though they are not being taken serious. It also reinforces the stigma that there is around mental health.

    4. In a nation that does not adequately acknowledge and address mental health, the abuse of accommodations for people with emotional or mental health issues both delegitimizes those conditions and undermines efforts to bring them out of the shadows.

      It is sad in 2018 that there is such a stigma about mental health and recieving help for it.

    5. sporting an orange or yellow vest indicating it provides emotional support for a traveling human. But there’s also a good chance that that human simply

      Maybe they should change the color of the vests and the only way to get them is from the mental health specialist who told them they can and needed one.

    1. There is an exception. The board said CBD oil made from growers or sold by distributors who are part of Ohio’s state-sanctioned medical marijuana program is legal.

      Was there a recent change in the law when medical marijuana became legal and that is why the other places are breaking the law right now?

    2. Most CBD oils are non­psychoactive, meaning they don’t get people high.

      If the CBD oil does not get the person high from it, then why is it illegal?

    3. CBD oil has been widely available in many stores, from organic local powerhouse Mustard Seed Market to the smallest head shops and convenience stores that serve the city and suburban neighborhoods.

      How were these stores such as Mustard Seed been able to sell it in Ohio if it is illegal?

    1. Right now, because of the sluggishness of the Ohio economy over the past decades, some of the best Ohio students leave for employment opportunities in other states.

      Maybe Ohio universities should put in programs that other states have. Such as New York who will pay your tuition if you sign an agreement to work in the state for 5 years after you’ve graduated.

    2. Ohio must expand the completion of high-quality secondary schooling, and it must carry these students into completion of post-secondary schooling.

      Education is important. No matter what happens in the future the education you have received cannot be taken away from you.

    3. Whether these states recover from the robot shock or not will depend on the skills of the population

      This could be why more people are going back to school. They need the skills to keep their jobs.

    4. And now artificial intelligence, robotics, and the replacement of routine jobs with machines suggest new upheaval on the horizon.

      Is this why people are having a hard time finding and keeping a job?