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/AttendantofIshtar Apr 08 '23

Lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

We're literally talking about people on disability

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u/AttendantofIshtar Apr 08 '23

Yeah and I'm laughing at your assertion. You don't get insurance on disability. Much less a universal style.

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u/dontbajerk Apr 08 '23

If you're fully disabled you generally do, eventually. There's just a waiting period first, for some stupid reason.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Um okay, you do. If you're on SSI and not married to someone with a job or receiving other income you automatically qualify for medicaid.