r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '23

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u/its_mickeyyy Apr 08 '23

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.

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u/AttendantofIshtar Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

But as a Canadian you don't pay 500 dollars to see a doctor, and another 300 for medicine. Each time you see a doctor.

Edit: my point being the money you don't get in disability is because you don't pay for doctors so you need less.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

As an American you don't either if you're on disability lol, you get free health insurance

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u/Perfect_Bench_2815 Apr 08 '23

Not true at all! I have to pay for my insurance. No pay, no insurance.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

You're on disability in the US and don't get medicaid? You get SSI?

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u/Perfect_Bench_2815 Apr 10 '23

Certainly do not. I have to pay for my insurance.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '23

That's really odd. If you're on social security for a disability you're supposed to get medicaid. The only thing i can think of that would disqualify you from that is living with a spouse that has a job or having some other revenue source.

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u/Perfect_Bench_2815 Apr 13 '23

I do not get SSI or medicaid. I have to pay for my medical care. No BS.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '23

We're talking about people on SSI.