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[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s not shocking if you’ve had to deal with any sort of healthcare in this god forsaken shithole of a country.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most young voters haven't had to deal with it yet.

[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world -4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Are many young people (25 or younger) actually involved in their parents finances? How many parents would actually speak to their younger kids about their medical/health care issues?

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You should hope you never have to experience a parent suffer the health care system… mentally or physically. Assuming you’re not a monster you’d likely have a different opinion right now. It’s stupid to assume it’s like a parent telling a toddler how they file taxes…

I saw my mother constantly get denied health care because her insurance wouldn’t cover her arthritis which was considered a “pre-existing condition”.

I saw her suffer trying to get medication for migraines every month while Merck said nope.

I saw democrats get rid of preexisting conditions with passage of ACA. I saw republicans lie about ACA claiming it’s economic demise…

Demise never happened and republicans never once proposed anything better…

So naturally…

I saw my mom deny that any of this ever happened a few years later, that democrats never helped anyone and then she advocated for trump. I’ve seen her and others say democrats are the problem.

I’ve seen a lot of weird shit…

[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

20+ year olds helping their parents navigate the healthcare hellscape is something that is actually fairly common. My mother-in-law is a hospital social worker.