Money can’t cure chronic illness - but lack of money & privilege can make surviving life with chronic illness much harder When you’re struggling to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, meds & shelter - you use up all your spoons before you even begin the fight to accommodate health issues /1 - ThreadSky

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social • 72 days ago

Money can’t cure chronic illness - but lack of money & privilege can make surviving life with chronic illness much harder

When you’re struggling to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, meds & shelter - you use up all your spoons before you even begin the fight to accommodate health issues /1

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hockleycliberal.bsky.social•71 days ago

Lack of healthcare is often the reason someone becomes disabled by a chronic illness. People are going to the Dr later, not being as aggressive with treatment, not filling prescriptions, delaying treatment, etc because it's so expensive. Then end up not able to work costing more in the long term.

peanutbuttercookie.bsky.social•71 days ago

Vicious cycle

glitchlul.bsky.social•72 days ago

Lol thats the boat im in at the moment... its great, ill just pull myself up by the bootstraps and make the 65$ I need manifest, ez pz. -.- ubi would be nice, even 250$ a week would literally be lifechanging.

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•72 days ago

I always wonder if people understand that most of us don’t need boatloads of money. We’ve learned to survive on the bare minimum and are used to making sacrifices.

What might seem like a relatively small amount to many IS life changing to us.

kbvamp7.bsky.social•71 days ago

So true! & sadly, where I live (Floriduh) doesn't have expanded Medicaid. So I'd have to go on Disability, which if I could get- takes yrs! And u can't have over $2K in the bank. So I literally have to wipe out ALL my savings to get on it. Wanna move, but only states I'd want to live in that I can

kbvamp7.bsky.social•71 days ago

Afford to live in take your IRA/ retirement savings into that same $2K limit! So All the Years I've put (not a ton, but some) money into that, I would have to WIPE OUT to get free healthcare! And rely on what then? Social Security? Which they're talking about getting rid of Already! IF it's even

kbvamp7.bsky.social•71 days ago

There by the time I should retire?! I can Barely do anything now - How the hell am I gonna be able to work longer in the future when I can barely do it now?! It's seriously fucked up!
Anyways... I feel your pain! It fn sucks! Caught between a rock and a hard place! 😡😡😪🤬🤬🤬
Happy Festivus!🍻 💙

glitchlul.bsky.social•72 days ago

This, 500% this.

asmara.bsky.social•70 days ago

In France, I'm considered disabled for mental illness. I've got about 1300€ each month (my rent is about 980€). It gives me the possibility to not seek to much for work (seeking a job is hard for my mental health) and to choose to work only with people with a good open mind.

asmara.bsky.social•70 days ago

I could not work anymore with people who want to have hard relations at work. Working can be violent. It's good to have an income but you have to be protected from violence.

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•72 days ago

We deserve better social supports& safety nets.

We need a universal basic income and universal healthcare. Affordable medications and forgiveness of medical debt. Free access to necessary public health tools like respirators and vaccines. Paid time off.

Help us now - it’ll be your turn one day /2

scottsantens.com•71 days ago

Hear hear. And for those without empathy, it's simply cheaper to prevent than cure.

https://www.scottsantens.com/universal-basic-income-as-the-social-vaccine-of-the-21st-century-ubi/

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•72 days ago

Listen to disabled people - you might be surprised by some of the punitive policies that keep us in legislated poverty.

Most people think if things get really tough I will “get a second job, moonlight, sell some stuff etc”

Those options are OFF the table if disabled. There’s no contingency./3

mchell.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thank you for writing this. I have a hard time with turning feelings into words, you (and some other great folks) give me a language I can use.

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•71 days ago

You’re welcome! I’m glad it helped in some small way.

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