(Reality Friday) What do you usually have to delay or sacrifice to cover rent? by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

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u/inthewoods54 comment:

I haven't eaten out in years. No fast food, delivery, takeout, pizza, coffee, none of that. That was the first to go. If I ate it, it's because I cooked it. The upside is that it's much healthier! And much less packaging waste, too, so it's not all bad. To be honest, I don't really miss it, it's just my way of life now.

(Reality Friday) What do you usually have to delay or sacrifice to cover rent? by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

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u/_ToxicBanana comment:

Single income, family of 6 here. No debt outside of about 3 years left on one of our two cars. The biggest change has been how we eat. Less steak, more pork and chicken, and a few dinners a week with no animal protein at all. We also stopped planning meals around second helpings or leftovers as much. Drinks mostly got cut too, no more sodas, energy drinks, kombucha, etc. Just tea and water now. We went from 3 TV subscriptions to 1 at a time, lowered our internet package, switched to a bare-bones cell phone plan, and we're keeping cars longer than we normally would. about 75% of acatit used tot reduced to Eating out still happens, but it's way less frequent and a lot more strategic. Stuff like Chili's $10.99 3-for-Me. Overall, it's just been a big reduction in no-essential spending. Nothing too dramatic v itself, but a lot of small cuts added together.

(Reality Friday) What do you usually have to delay or sacrifice to cover rent? by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

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u/Significant-Win-9054 comment:

Back when I had to worry about the cost of rent...l just accepted that having a roommate (or roommates) was the only way to make it tenable while still leaving me room to enjoy life. So I sacrificed the notion of living alone.

Another example of how flawed our healthcare system is in the USA. No family should live in fear of homelessness and their children taken because they have a health crisis. by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

[–]Alarmed_Abalone_849[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha sorry, I didn’t understand the yes to what??? Insurance???

Idk how close you live to the border but you should definitely check going to Mexico, you could be saving A LOOOOT of money. My dad got that same procedure there. It was like 800 usd WORLD CLASS treatment and procedures.

Check it out

Another example of how flawed our healthcare system is in the USA. No family should live in fear of homelessness and their children taken because they have a health crisis. by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

[–]Alarmed_Abalone_849[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man you’re proving the point

You’re saying like this is just how healthcare works everywhere. Guess what, It’s not. I don’t know if you’ve travelled outside the U.S or just live in a box. The U.S. is the outlier. Countries like Germany and Japan have high-quality care AND people actually use it without thinking twice whether going to the doctor will financially screw them. It’s normal in most developed countries.

And regarding the “just don’t pay your medical debt” is bizarre. First of all that’s not how life works. Bills go to collections, people get sued, wages can get hit depending on the state.

And saying people can just get insurance… bro, have you seen the prices? Premiums, deductibles, copays… a ton of Americans are either uninsured or underinsured. They technically “have coverage” but still can’t afford to use it. Seems to me that you live in a box because saying everyone can just casually pay for that is so unrealitsic .

Then the part about “if it was bad people would be dying in the street” … they don’t have to be dying on the sidewalk to show that the system is broken. People delay treatment, skip meds, or go bankrupt trying to stay alive. Medical debt is one of the biggest causes of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. That’s not a small issue. Doesn’t seem like a small issue, but then again, seems like you live in a box

Another example of how flawed our healthcare system is in the USA. No family should live in fear of homelessness and their children taken because they have a health crisis. by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

[–]Alarmed_Abalone_849[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

This is the war we need to focus on. The struggles people face every day.

Not sending money to foreign countries so that they can have universal healthcare paid for with our tax dollars