Velum92
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Sep 25, 2020 4:27 PM
Velum92
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Bystandr
Dont be quick to wish it on others because that also means the negative situation (people priced out of medicine they need) continues.
isolateredux
Schadenfreude, it's delicious. Especially when it's people feeding at the trough they've helped fill.
thatsmyfetish69
Oh, the hypocrisy.
GlassCanon
I used to work for a healthplan and talking to idiots who refused to "be on Obamacare", but were on ACA benefits made my back teeth ache.
arthurmcclellan1337
"Yea my mother is in pain and is being punished in her late years. So glad!" Not sure I understand the sentiment
catsandcoke
It’s called a lack of empathy
Silkyninja1
Schadenfreude
hhager23
I'm sure his mother is proud of him.
mtimothy
Like hypocrisy? Southern red states have the most people on government assistance.
OlympicFail
What comes around goes around.
deadtedw
I find that karma is the exception, not the rule. I prefer to help shit to go around to those deserving of it.
Velum92
They still haven't grasped the true struggle. We'll see in another year what changes.
Babybunz
Love ppl, hate systems. Ur mother was indoctrinated by 75yrs of Cold War propaganda. Never enjoy the material suffering of the working class
ZeldaHyruleGold
Imagin being fined on your taxes for not having health care, and the fines being cheaper then the yearly payments + deductible...
rocket86924
So basically you're saying that you're happy your mother is suffering ?
CurbYourClassWar
The further we get in this damn country, the more I'm convinced there's an actual degenerative brain parasite/virus we haven't caught on to.
joevair
I am retired military and have good healthcare. I do not forget that many people don't. I vote to help them. I try to be informed about them
loosemoosejuice
My mother had the gaul to openly condemn people for abusing welfare, while my dad made 6 figures overseas and she took food stamps/medicare.
vystral
Always get pissed when someone bashes people on gov’t aid. Have you ever been broke and out of work? It fucking sucks to not afford food
ImBoredouttamyskull
I knew a woman who worked in the dept of job & family services. She was always super nasty to people applying for assistance. Said they 1/2
ImBoredouttamyskull
Were lazy etc. Lost her job & ended up having to apply for public assistance & cried when they were nasty to her. Nice wakeup call 2/2
vinsurge
Medicare primary and Medicaid secondary equals no bills. Medicaid protects those in need from bills legally
PaperCl1p
Yeah, obviously imgur skews younger, but you'd think most people would realize the post makes no sense
Nursewords101
Exactly. She's very fortunate to have the excellent coverage she does.
electricnuisance
Ah Man your cruel. I’m dealing with people living off their families accomplishments while toting this bullshit.
hitraNoodleMonster
I hope your Mom is doing fine. Family is annoying sometimes but we should try to Support them still
Velum92
I do support them and talk to them near-daily. That's not the purpose of confession bear though.
hitraNoodleMonster
@OP thats great man! Didnt want to make you feel bad or anything. Just an advice coming out of love my friend :)
Velum92
You're all good. :) Be safe in the pandemic.
hitraNoodleMonster
Thanks, you too!
arumunus
Mom's senior friend just had to go on disability and food stamps. She was always of the mindset that poor=lazy. Now she's constantly asking>
arumunus
For help and repeating "Why is all this so difficult?" I feel for her, but I'm kind of glad she's getting a new perspective.
yhellothargoodsir
My dad got suckered in to fox news bs over the last few years. He def bitches about socialism while hes on Medcare and gets a SS check
JinxRocks
Id remind him they are socialized programs.. every. chance. I. got.
Canofminus
Start taking his SS money and tell him you are liberating him fro the evil of socialism. HALLELUJAH!
yhellothargoodsir
I am pretty sure he doesnt understand the irony and I am too defeated to try to explain it to him.
DidItForScience
Just agree with him and bitch about Medicare, Medicaid and SS.
Velum92
I don't know if it's a matter of not understanding the irony or simply not caring. But I feel this.
TheSonAndHeirOfNothingInParticular
Me too. My father is the exact same way. Gets his SS check every month and has Medicare, yet rails against "socialist" programs 24/7.
computertutor424
You realize that Social Security is not Socialism. It’s supposed to be more like holding in a trust. The Gov just started stealing from it.
computertutor424
And never stopped. And they steal the rest of it from your kids if you die before it’s used up. It’s against the contract it was signed into
CapricornAngel
SS was designed because too many people in retirement years had no savings, so it was forced savings.
computertutor424
Yes, forced SAVINGS, not a tax, not funds for the gov to use for anything
CapricornAngel
I still don’t understand how they got away with that for decades.
DidItForScience
So was she on government healthcare but against government healthcare? If so, she might have a promising career in the Senate.
Vacationdad
I work in insurance and the amount of people who complain about costs but don’t want universal health care is staggering
Walkersausage
That's because blood sucker insurance companies exists.
JinxRocks
That's because most don't understand how it would cost less, and would cost them less in taxes, too. Basic math escapes them.
DidItForScience
It's crazy, we already pay more in per capita taxes toward healthcare and still have to pay out of pocket and get less for it.
freshthrowaway1138
I know libertarians that were raised on gov Medi, public schools, military for training, now work for gov agency- but thinks taxes are /
freshthrowaway1138
/ theft! Like, motherfucker, time for you to pay back what you've used already!
Extremefear
Had a friend who shit on obamacare. He has cardio myopathy, hypertension, diabetes, and sleep apnea. Standard GoP talk about insurance from
Extremefear
him. Then he nearly lost his job and it eas around the time the GoP was about to repeal Obamacare. My friendly nearly shit himself. He
Extremefear
has what insurance would call, pre-existing conditions. His tone started changing when he was about to lose his job. Now he has daughters as
Extremefear
well. 2 daughters. He's starting to worry more whenever he sees injustices commited against women. I'm just sitting here watching it unfold.
Extremefear
He's a decent guy. Just lacked compassion due to his upbringing.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
@OP is it Medicare, Medicaid or both? Medicare is typically pretty great. Medicaid though? That can suck donkey nuts depending on where you-
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
live.
Velum92
I can find out and update. It's one of the two. Whatever it was, she was forced to get it at 62 due to being disabled.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
If she’s 62 then it’s most likely Medicaid
LincLoud
I was poor, had no health insurance for a long time and dealt with the bullshit. I am active duty military and now get everything covered->
LincLoud
by the government (so taxpayer dollars) for free. It makes life so much easier, even if I don't enjoy the military. I can easily see now->
LincLoud
how a government health care system (of some kind) would benefit so many poor people. I had an idea before but fully understand now.
Wirefish
My dad, ret army, says he deserves his retirement healthcare, but doesn’t see how it’s similar to what unions do for their retired members.
HoneyBunchesOfStoats
I had a similar experience but from the opposite direction, my dad was in the military so I grew up on military healthcare. Switching to
HoneyBunchesOfStoats
civilian healthcare was awful, so many "wait, they do WHAT!?" conversations.
LincLoud
Yeah. It's a shit-show. I don't see things suddenly improving either. Feels like it would either be a losing or uphill battle for healthcare