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Yeah. Back in december I thought "I'm barely making my head above water....." and decided to take a second job. Which, I hate the job itself, but the people are pretty good people. I'm used to new workplaces where you're new to be filled with just the worst people. I'm used to toxic chaos. And if that had been the case, I'd have quit by now. But, it's an extra $100ish dollars a week after taxes. It adds up.

So when I saw I was above income level, I was like "Whooooa, maybe I should just quit my second job if it means keeping my medicaide".

Then I heard how low the threshold was, and I said "Well, actually.....the second job had nothing to do with it...."

So I guess someone who makes 12 dollars an hour is too rich for medicaid now.

This is a problem affecting me, but it's a bigger problem thats going to affect millions. I don't have money to go out and pay $400 a month for health insurance.

I'm not even making my bills now as it is. Rent's going to go up in July. Yet somehow I don't qualify for food stamps, or now even medicaide.

You think I'm alone? You think the medical industry isn't about to collapse on itself? Imagine all these people who go to the ER. And then get billed 3 million dollars. No I'm NOT exaggerating. I got a statement that said "this is not a bill". It showed my services used. In a 3 month period, I was over 1 million dollars. I've been doing this since 2023. I'm fairly sure my total is closer to 5 million dollars.

Now......imagine they try to collect that.

Most they could do is arrest me. So now you got millions of prisoners. In a 1 year period. Where are you going to put them?

So, more likely they won't arrest, but they won't get their money. Now compound this. Millions of people all rendering services, which are now emergancy services. Which cannot be denied.

And then never paid because nobody has millions of dollars lying around.

How would the medical system NOT financially collapse?

Edit: I don't always know how I come off to others. I typed this up angry. If it comes off as me being angry at you, I appologize. I'm not angry at you, or intending any direction at you.

I'm just angry.

The next time I hear a PBS commentator refer to Trump as a "populist" my head is going to explode.

This administration is run by business folks, who are as a rule short sighted. Thinking beyond the next 3 months is simply not done Set up sovereign wealth fund as a mechanism to embezzle "savings" and then commence the plundering and fraud.

Fascists aren't smart.

That's why fascism always ends up failing and fascists always end up swinging.

Voting under duress seems like a better option than not voting though