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Posted on 09/09/2019 6:59:49 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Rep. Joe Cunningham's wife says therapy and marriage counseling are 'basic well-known needs'
Democratic congressman Joe Cunningham's wife is furious that their taxpayer-subsidized healthcare plan declined to pay for therapy sessions, according to a rant on an insurance bill she posted on Instagram.
The South Carolina Democrat is currently serving his first term in Congress, where members are given access to Obamacare "gold" plans from Blue Cross Blue Shield and are responsible for paying about a quarter of the premiums. The plan is apparently not good enough for his wife, Amanda Cunningham, who told her Instagram followers she would be urging her husband to do something about it.
"I'm gonna have a little bit of a rant here on social media because I think this is important," she said on her Instagram story last week. "I've been going over my not-a-bill bill here from Blue Cross Blue Shield, and realizing that once again, all of my mental health therapy sessions are denied, in addition to all of our marriage counseling sessions."
"It's just mind-blowing to me that these basic well-known needs, that mental health is health care, are still being denied, that we're still fighting for these absolutely basic things, it's unbelievable to me," she said. "So I'm reaching out to my congressman—yes, also my husband—but saying, like, hey, what can we do about this? Let's go to the House floor, let's write a bill, I don't know what you do, but let's do it because this is ridiculous."
"This affects us, our family, it affects everyone else who's seeking mental health and needs support doing so," she concluded. "I'm just flabbergasted."
Cunningham's office did not respond to an inquiry into whether he agrees with his wife's assessment of the plan, but he wouldn't be the first freshman member dissatisfied with the Obamacare plan they're given.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that Rep. Cindy Axne (D., Iowa) complained to a group of constituents that she doesn't get "good insurance."
"You really don’t want what I have, because I don’t get good insurance," Axne said. "It's okay insurance. Just so you know, congresspeople, we have to purchase from the ACA [Affordable Care Act], we purchase from the network."
Amanda Cunningham, a licensed yoga instructor, sold her ownership stake in a South Carolina yoga studio earlier this year, according to a profile of her in Charleston's Post and Courier. She now works part-time as development director for a nonprofit helping vulnerable women.
The couple met as crew-members on a luxury yacht, according to the profile.
Democrats always want others to pay for their own lack of integrity.
My experience with family shrink counselors is their first priority is to milk the insurance for as many visits as possible.
furious that their taxpayer-subsidized healthcare plan declined to pay for therapy sessions
With that kind of "work" history, the three of them wouldn't have to accept the no-gun-to-their-heads elected office.
Daddy makes 174k a year baby. Pay for it yourself.
Obamacare is required to provide mental health coverage, so what are the chances this diva just went to some new-age counselor guru without bothering to find out whether it was in network, like us peons have to do?
I married a girl that could do that...
She’s the one they write all those blond girl jokes about. Other than the house it cost me, I can’t say I hated it.
That dude is serving a life sentence. Condolences.
Marriage counseling is bullshit
You either to talk things out amongst yourselves husband and Wife
Or it ain’t gonna happen
As a man you care for your wife and hold her in the highest regard at ALL TIMES. THAT is the WAY
There is absolutely no evidence that marriage counselling does anything. Everything that comes from psychologists and psychiatrists is worthless claptrap.
Rich Dems feel as entitled as the lowliest ghetto thug. The difference is the ghetto thugs have more integrity.
Marriage counseling is where the wife expects the counselor to tell the husband everything that's wrong with him.
Marriage counseling is a scam today. If you are in marriage counseling, you are most likely headed for divorce. They dont track success/failure rates because the numbers are so abysmal.
Correct. 76% of degrees for counseling nowadays are held by women, ergo, any therapy is slanted towards the woman on purpose.
First term Congresscritter is already TOO SPOILED BY OUR MONEY!
She sounds like a real “winner”. lol
What do they charge at your church to speak with the pastor minister, priest, or rabbi?
>>”It’s just mind-blowing to me that these basic well-known needs, that mental health is health care, are still being denied, that we’re still fighting for these absolutely basic things, it’s unbelievable to me,” she said. “So I’m reaching out to my congressman—yes, also my husband—but saying, like, hey, what can we do about this? Let’s go to the House floor, let’s write a bill, I don’t know what you do, but let’s do it because this is ridiculous.”
All Democrats are mentally ill.
>>”You really don’t want what I have, because I don’t get good insurance,” Axne said. “It’s okay insurance. Just so you know, congresspeople, we have to purchase from the ACA [Affordable Care Act], we purchase from the network.”
Just wait until we all have Medicare and no other options.
Oh, but she’ll still have the congressional plan. Until she gets a divorce.
If you can “keep your coverage” even if you leave your job, congresscritter spouses should keep their plan even if they get a divorce. < /s >
Mark Sanford owns this one, he didn’t endorse the Republican that beat him in the primary...so he supports this person with his past actions. I’d like to hear a reporter ask him about this.
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