• omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    I want a healthcare system that works for everyone. I want to not have to worry that I am going to die or go massively in debt because I get sick. I HAVE insurance and these are still the things that I worry about. Unfortunately the people who are in control are bought and paid for by healthcare lobbyists

    Edit: check out Rep Mike Flood’s top donor industries

    https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-flood/summary?cid=N00050145

    • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      All the budgeting in the world did not save me from the massive bills to treat conditions I was born with. I live paycheck to paycheck because of it.

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      8 days ago

      I had good insurance and worked in a very good career for decades, but my health issues and disability have wrecked me. I can’t afford food, I’ve chipped a tooth that hurts like hell but can’t afford a dentist, and I’ve been staving off homelessness by the skin of my teeth. I can’t afford anything now* and can no longer afford to live, even though I did everything ’right’.

      People like this dickhead who think you can ‘just work harder’ are delusional.