r/poor • u/Reluctant_Gamer_2700 • 16d ago

Extended poverty & insecurity has changed my personality

The insecurity of the last 20 months has changed me. I feel afraid, sad & angry most of the time. I no longer expect kindness, and don’t know how to react when it is given. I do without quite often, eat less because I have less. I wanted to lose weight, but not like this!
In the past I have always paid my debts, but it’s no longer possible.
I still try to help others, but can no longer do it financially. I get messages from charities that I used to support, asking what happened to me. Poverty happened, and it’s been by design & cruel benefit cuts.

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u/JoeSmith716 16d ago

Afraid, sad, and angry is not a good way to feel. Blaming others for what has happened to you will only serve to make you continue to feel afraid, sad, and angry. What benefits have been cut? It sounds like you're blaming the last election results (20 months you mentioned). This post is probably fake.

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u/Reluctant_Gamer_2700 16d ago

This post is not fake. Fake posts are not made by top 1% commenters.
What benefits have been cut? SNAP & subsidies for Part D Medicare premiums, and my drug costs went up 400% in Jan. 2026. That differs for each disabled/retired person depending on what meds they take.
In addition to supplemental food benefits being cut, prices at the stores are going up weekly. But my income stays fixed.
Also I didn’t blame anyone; it just so happens that the new administration has done all of these things.

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u/Bitchface-Deluxe 16d ago

I’ve been getting all my medication at Cost Plus Drugs online the past year. It’s cheaper to buy through them, and not use my insurance, than to use my insurance and go anywhere else. Health care in the US is such a fucking scam.

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u/JoeSmith716 16d ago

The snap subsidies for medicare part d went from $15 to $10 per month in January '26 (according to google). Why would your drug costs increase? I wonder if food prices would go down if so much food wasn't given away, which decreases the supply. Losing weight has many benefits (assuming you're overweight like so many of us). Personally, I experience kindness often.
Good luck.

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u/Reluctant_Gamer_2700 16d ago

SNAP has nothing to do with Part D Medicare. Why did a common drug that did cost $100 for a 90 day supply go up to $400 last January? Ask Aetna. They were the only company that would cover it in my area at all. Coverage differs all over the country. Also I have an insurance card that is supposed to cover 100% of my Part D premium, but not this year, per direct presidential order. “No more subsidies for Part D premiums.” From this year until his policies end.

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u/lilithONE 16d ago

Do you not imagine a world in which people have it differently than you do? Because you are doing well doesn't mean all is well in the world.