• nac82@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      In America, you can get free coverage if you are broke enough.

      Where are you living? What kind of income?

      And you think dog vaccines are bad because you have other problems? You should be embarrassed for letting your hurt turn into intentionally wishing more pain and death on others.

      I’m sure your father would love to see your love for him turn into pointless hatred for dogs.

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        Backs are notoriously hard to fix. And low coverage often will not cover anything more than physical therapy and an opium addiction.

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        9 months ago

        In America, you can get free coverage if you are broke enough.

        Can you tell me who gives broke people free coverage for chemo? How about physical therapy after a serious injury? Mental health care?

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          Medicaid has different income limits for different states. For a family of 3 in Michigan it’s about 2755 per month. If you make less (per household) you qualify for Medicaid. Search “Medicaid Requirements” plus your state. Everything is covered. The 2400ish we bring home a month barely covers our bills, but it’s worth it for Medicaid if you have a chronic health condition (or on our case my spouse, our child, and myself all have serious health conditions). My medication for my pituitary deficiency would cost me thousands a month. My spouse and child have a genetic vascular condition and they need scans every year to make sure they’re not about to die.

          Another thing you can do is a Medicaid spend down. I’m not sure how it is for every other state. But let’s say your limit is 3000 for your family but your income is 4000 and your medical bills are 2000 a month. You pay the difference between your income and the limit (1000), and Medicaid covers the rest. I believe you have to have a serious health issue to qualify for a Medicaid spend down.

          If you are low enough income to qualify for SSI, Medicaid is given automatically (I think in every state).

          In our state of Michigan you apply for Medicaid at DHHS. They have a very easy to use website for a few years now (it was a big hassle before that). Let me know if you have more questions about this.

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              9 months ago

              Cherrypicking.

              The point is we are way better off than most nations on healthcare. You could be stuck in Russia where your medical options are get drafted to the front line and killed in your sleep by fellow soldiers over who gets the last soup.

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                Sorry… how am I cherrypicking by proving my point that being poor doesn’t necessarily get you chemo?

                How does it prove your point that, “In America, you can get free coverage if you are broke enough?” Because it seems like it shows the exact opposite.

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                  You didn’t prove that chemo isn’t provided coverage, you provided select times where coverage doesn’t sustain long term.

                  The claim was never all medical bills is covered in the USA.

                  And that has nothing to do with what the previous commenter said that you quoted your response too.

                  It’s nitpicking for holes in a statement made about the place where coverage is. Yall aren’t interested in solutions to “my old man’s back problems.” Yall are looking for a political point to bitch about to justify shitting on a cancer vaccine.

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                    The claim was never all medical coverage is covered in the USA.

                    Sorry, what does: “In America, you can get free coverage if you are broke enough” mean then?

                    It means “In America, you can get free coverage for certain things if you are broke enough but for other things, unless you have money, too bad, you’re going to die?”