The Affordable Care Act Is Expected To Extend Coverage To 25 Million Americans Over The Next Decade.

Left behind: Stories from Obamacare’s 31 million uninsured

The Affordable Care Act is expected to extend coverage to 25 million Americans over the next decade. But that will still leave a projected 31 million people without insurance by 2023.

sometimes, it is what it is and nothing more

I've noticed lately my own prolific tendency to ascribe great meaning to things that may not necessarily have any purpose other than to be what they are. I connect items, places, and moments to specific people and memories. It's getting to the point where I have to mentally kick myself all throughout a conversation to quit searching for patterns and connections to my own life and instead, let things be as they are and appreciate the novelty and simplicity in them outside of myself and what I know and have experienced.

I don't know when this habit started, and I'm sure I thought it was cool that I finally learned to remember things better and could see a pattern in the bigger picture, but it's making life difficult, and it's hard to break, I feel self-centered, and I'm not exactly sure how to banish it or how to address it.