Comment on Look what I got to spend my birthday money on!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months agoTake your pick:
Long-term illness bringing us down to one income.
High medical bills.
Having to use birthday money to help pay down those bills.
People on the internet telling me I’m lying about it all…
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Doesn’t your work cover it?
Waffle@infosec.pub 10 months ago
The issue is that health insurance shouldn’t be tied to employment. This could very well be a payment plan for a much larger bill, so op is probably paying off $200 a month over a year or more.
Not everyone is so blessed to have a low deductible plan. Most people have high deductible plans. Having a deductible of $6k or more is as good as being uninsured. Most people can not deal with paying $6 for an emergency - it can zero out folks bank accounts or be a hamper on their month to month budget.
untorquer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Employer provided healthcare only covers about %54 of Americans. So in general it’s not a safe assumption.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I haven’t been able to handle a job since last year, unfortunately.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Oh
Get well soon. God speed
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Thank you!
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 months ago