My coworker pays $580 a month for his family’s health coverage. That’s nearly $7,000 a year coming straight out of his check before he ever sees a dime of it.
His youngest got a sprained wrist at soccer practice. Went to urgent care, got an X-ray, wrapped it in a splint, and left in 40 minutes.
Two weeks later, he gets a bill for $1,200.
Insurance covered $0 because he hasn't met his $6,000 family deductible yet.
You aren't paying for healthcare. You are paying a monthly subscription fee for the privilege of paying full price out-of-pocket when something actually goes wrong.
Eggs.
Lettuce.
Jalapenos.
Even infant formula.
As if groceries weren't expensive enough already, because this regime fired food inspectors and gutted CDC surveillance teams, Americans are paying for this regime's incompetence with their health.
Currently, we’re living through a timeline where you can work a full 40-hour week, eat at home, have zero hobbies, and still somehow end up with a negative balance on payday.
MyChart is being sued for 5.5 million dollars for releasing patients information to Meta, and other companies. Let’s talk about how fucked up this actually is
if I was a young person being told that the best our economic system can ever offer me is working longer and longer hours to live with more and more roommates and eat worse and worse food, I might start getting this crazy idea that we need a new economic system
I was a 23 year old earning $40K in Boston. I split a 2-bedroom with my best friend in Brookline and ate Chipotle several times per week. We went to bars every weekend. I went on dates all of the time too. I wasn’t living large, but I was living. That would be impossible now.
Your raise: +2%, +2.5%, +3%, +2%
Your rent: +8%, +11%, +9%, +14%
Your grocery bill: +6%, +9%, +12%, +11%
Your energy bill: +12%, +15%, +9%, +27%
Your savings: 0%, 0%, 0%, 0%
But sure, the 3% year was a “strong performance review.”
Not to be dramatic but I don’t think people quite understand how much of a disaster eliminating USPS would be. Like it would be end-of-this-country level of a disaster
i love that our generation managed to kill the stereotype that if you have tattoos, you won’t be able to find a job.
now nobody can find a job, whether you have tattoos or not.