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minus-squareGlifted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoYour last line there. I get it and I agree, but for a lot of people without insurance it’s like having to choose between bodily destruction and financial destruction
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoChoose financial. You live. Use bankruptcy. There’s a reason for it. Make payment plans. If you’re truly poor, you basically pay $30 a month for like 20 years and it’s discharged. It’s very scary when it’s a meme and people don’t know their options since it’s often gatekeeped.
minus-squareandy_wijaya_med@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoWhat if you have to choose between your health and your child’s going to college? A healthcare system that’s not universal is so fucked up. It can’t be that it’s kept for people with money.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoThat $30 is money you wouldn’t have had in a country with universal healthcare. The tax has to come from somewhere.
Your last line there. I get it and I agree, but for a lot of people without insurance it’s like having to choose between bodily destruction and financial destruction
Choose financial. You live.
Use bankruptcy. There’s a reason for it.
Make payment plans. If you’re truly poor, you basically pay $30 a month for like 20 years and it’s discharged.
It’s very scary when it’s a meme and people don’t know their options since it’s often gatekeeped.
What if you have to choose between your health and your child’s going to college?
A healthcare system that’s not universal is so fucked up. It can’t be that it’s kept for people with money.
That $30 is money you wouldn’t have had in a country with universal healthcare. The tax has to come from somewhere.