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Anon lives on a budget (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Look at it like this: in America, a sizeable portion of people think that your direct economic utility is a good measure of if you deserve to live. They'll justify it by saying things like "they don't think it's governments place" to provide social services, and that it's better handled through charity.
If you don't have a workplace you need to go for real American style socialized medicine: GoFundMe.

(The history behind it is that before anyone was really doing socialized healthcare workplaces in the US started offering health insurance as a way to increase compensation during the WW2 wage freezes. Eventually it was so pervasive that it was a recognized form of compensation, and then it was the easiest way to dictate that everyone had insurance, since a lot of people listened to the fear mongering that was going on. "Nothing changes you just can't get kicked off for developing cancer". It also lined up with the beliefs of those who think that people who aren't working don't deserve support)