Trump is America’s sin eater. Everything bad about this country that has been ongoing for decades to centuries actually only became bad during his terms
1 pedo, rapist, fraud, and a liar in the sea of thousands of pedo, rapist, fraud, and liars. Yet he is somehow supposed to be the sole problem and not the system that enabled him to usurp power. You don’t even need a college-level education on dialectics to understand this shit. How are the liberals not getting it for the last 9 years!?
Ah yes, Donald Trump, the cause of something that has been a central issue in American politics for decades
the first time i ever interacted with am*ricans living in the us was when i first got the internet as a teenager ~20 years ago
like the fifth interaction i had with a yankee was them complaining that calling an ambulance for their brother when he fractured his leg fucking around nearly bankrupted the family
it stuck in my mind ever since because of how completely unhinged it was (and still is) to meImagine if this rot spreads to fire brigades.
I HAVEN’T BEEN TO A DOCTOR IN 10 YEARS OUTSIDE OF GOING TO URGENT CARE ($200) TO STITCH UP MY THUMB THAT I CUT AT WORK
That’s the average American’s secret to affording healthcare: they simply don’t ever get any!
I have health insurance now but i’m too afraid to use it when i could be charged literally random money for whatever treatment and I desperately need a new car and a new phone so honestly i should probably just fucking cancel it since i’m paying $200+ a month for nothing if I don’t use it but then I won’t be able to use it if i need to go to the fucking emergency room or whatever (also I have many issues I should really go see a doctor for but haha like i said, $$$)
:yea:
can’t even use the Bernie disgust emoji anymore because zionist coward
i had “good” insurance several years ago. i worked next door to my primary in-network ER, and after having an inexplicable dizzy spell one late afternoon, i was able to see a physician quickly as it was slow and my description set off some protocols. (im fine now 👻)
i did everything according to the ideal of my insurance plan to pay the lowest out of pocket expenses, which was about $200. no ambulance, no parking fee, just walked in, no medication needed.
and americans will say without blinking thats a great price for an emergency room visit.
i am pretty sure an ambo ride from a mile away would have ballooned it to at least $500, and thats only if the one dispatched was part of my network, which i would have no control over. if it wasn’t, ive heard out if pocket hits into thousands. and thats if you have “good” insurance, just are in the “wrong” network. also, the premiums for that “good” insurance represent about $400/mo out of my salary/benefit package.
this was all 3 years before MAGA.
I went to my doctor for a basic STI screening recently because I was going to be with a new partner. They did three lab tests. Fucking $450 with insurance. I guess they would rather people just spread STIs without knowing it?
in population dense areas there are usually community health places to get that done for free, but it should be free from your doctor.
capitalist jesus
The headline makes more sense with a minor edit:
Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where Arwa Mahdawi can’t afford to call an ambulance
I was climbing at my bouldering gym a few weeks back and watched someone fall and break their ankle.
The bone didn’t break through the skin, so my first reaction when the EMT showed up with a stretcher was, “Oh, fuck, that’s going to be expensive. I would have called a cab.”
A version of that could be a scene in a black comedy.
Guy #1 falls off the wall and after he hits the ground he howls in pain.
Guy #2 runs over and says “Are you okay?”
“No. I’m not okay. My ankle!”
Guy #2 puts his hand on guy #1’s ankle. “Does that hurt?”
“Fuck yes - it hurts!”
“But The bone didn’t break though the skin. Do you want me to carry you to my car and give you a ride?”
"What? Bro, I mean… No…"
“Okay. But the ambulance will cost $2,000 for a one mile ride.”
“That much?”
“Yeap.” He holds up his phone. “Carry or call?”
“Fuck it. Carry me. Never been carried by a man before.”
Guy #2 just similes.
Yep just another instance of treating long standing American oppression as something uniquely Trumpian and as seen during Biden’s term as soon as a democrat is in office they’ll again pretend it doesn’t exist.
british “people” learning about how much worse the US is than their despicable, intentionally cruel shithole is always funny
i got laid off last month and immediately applied for unemployment. the amount of unemployment i receive does not even cover my half of the rent each month.
because I’m in California I’m also required to have health insurance or i will be fined on my taxes. i applied for the state insurance and listed that i have no job which should make the coverage free. all went well until a week after i got my insurance card when i got a letter saying my coverage had been cancelled for no stated reason.
i reached out to find out what happened and they said i never proved i was unemployed. i had actually sent them all the requested documentation and they just never bothered to check. they found it. but then the guy said it looks like I’m getting unemployment now. i am. that disqualifies me from getting this insurance and i need to start the process all over again.
i start the process over by calling back in and an older lady helps me redo the application after which it says I’m not eligible for any free or subsidized plans because I’m getting too much money from unemployment. so my only option is to pay $600 a month for a HMO plan that covers basically nothing.
$600 a month while unemployed and not even receiving enough unemployment to pay rent, much less any of my other bills. joke ass country and state.
apparently next year i will qualify for the free medical insurance because they’re going to raise the poverty line to $1 above what unemployment pays.
