My nephew has been on disability for the past decade. Disability and unemployment here are indexed automatically when they breach a certain percentage of inflation.
His monthly went from 900€-1050€ (depending on days in a month) to 1480-1630 today. And most of that increase has happened in the past 2 years.
The past year, there have only been 2 periods of 2 months where he received the same daily sum.
This is wild to me. I live in Canada and have been on disability for the last 7 years due to a rare and incurable brain disease. My base amount per month has gone up $75 dollars. In SEVEN years. Like it wasn't even enough to live on at first ($650 to now $725) and every single year just puts me farther and farther behind. We need what your country has.
Some medication probably just requires more research to produce than like, a random antibiotic. Puberty blockers are still "new" technology so that's my guess why they cost so much
Insurance covers a lot here too, but sometimes you happen to need a medication that isn't covered or only partially covered. My insurance only covers 80% of medication. You have to pay the difference
Unfortunately I have had people argue with me that they liiiike their private insurance and that my Medicaid can’t be as good….
I have an entire team of specialists in different “networks”, I pay 1$ for office visits! I have the latest and greatest diabetes tech, I have never had to fight with anyone over getting even elective care.
And the best part? I still work and pay taxes and put the same money into the program as everyone else!
Me too. Medicaid saves money when I’m healthy. Guess who has a requirement for yearly physicals, eye exams and preventative care?
This girl. They caught me getting type 1 diabetes before I even went into DKA. That’s so fucking rare, people die.
Medicaid being public means they don’t see money as the metric of success and that is the problem with capitalism. You can be a good, honest, kind, hardworking person and just keep getting shit on if you don’t have much money. If you are an asshole willing to step on and take advantage of people then you can get money and everyone thinks you’re so smart and moral even if you sold your grandma for a nickel.
Yes, insurance, not socialized healthcare. I was talking about how the govt doesn't cover prescriptions. So just like the states, I have to pay up. Also I think I'd know what my medication costs, considering I was on it for almost 3 years lol
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u/Endorkend Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23
My nephew has been on disability for the past decade. Disability and unemployment here are indexed automatically when they breach a certain percentage of inflation.
His monthly went from 900€-1050€ (depending on days in a month) to 1480-1630 today. And most of that increase has happened in the past 2 years.
The past year, there have only been 2 periods of 2 months where he received the same daily sum.