Not today but a week ago my Capresso coffee grinder/brewer conked out with a burnt out heating element. I called customer service to learn I had two options: send it in for replacement heating element, cost $160, or send it in and get a new one for $108. They pay for shipping but I pay $22 for packing. Since then I've been making do with instant coffee. Thot I'd hate it, but it ain't so bad. Capresso was also not bad, but not terrific, questionable whether the difference is worth $130 plus the nuisance.
With all the advances being made in material science over the last few decades, seems to me it shouldn't be that hard to get a heating element more durable than two year lifetime.
What ruined my day today is my son calls to say his blood test came up anemic and borderline high cholesterol, so $430 for one prescription (fourteen day supply), $135 for other prescription (30 day supply), neither one covered by his Obamacare insurance.
I was IV'd myself with red blood cell transfusion a few years ago, covered mostly by medicare, been taking iron supplement pills (non-prescription) since then, plus watching my diet. Docs have been flailing away at me to take statins for cholesterol for years, like ten or fifteen years. My numbers are not much higher than when I was in high school, but the medical oligopoly thinks everybody should be taking statins, non-generic of course, whether they need them or not. I eat what I like, but make sure I have healthy choices. No statins, no significant movement in my cholesterol numbers.
I know it's not all Hillary's fault, but she's a proud and happy supporter of the disaster that is our healthcare system, where we spend more than any other country and get less for our money. No vote for her from me. Not that she gives a shit.