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Someone over 65 or permanently disabled would have medicare, not medicaid. That sepparation allows all the boomers to support medicaid cuts and only fuck up other people's lives.

[-] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago

Medicare doesn’t really cover assisted living afaik, though Medicaid can cover parts of it. Old folks who run out of money can often become “dual eligible” for both programs. A quick search suggests that almost two thirds of people in long term care are reliant on Medicaid.

[-] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago

When you say "run out of money" you aren't kidding either, you need to be truly indigent for this to kick in. The system is designed to completely strip mine the elderly of all their assets.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, I had a relative with alzheimers who had to sell her house, and pretty much everything she owned, in order to be eligible for medicaid so she could afford the assisted living home. Pretty fucked.

I wouldn't do it. I'd buy one of those no background check guns you have and make sure my kids have something to inherit when I'm gone

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Can confirm. I work in end of life healthcare.

My wife is 40, been fully and permanently disabled for years and gets both Medicare and Medicaid because of it. It's called a Dual Advantage plan out here I think?

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

This is mostly correct. Although, some people have dual eligibility.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Most of them rely on both

[-] coyootje@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That'll last for a couple of months, maybe a year. And then the Republicans will come for medicaid too. If they get away with gutting Medicare, what makes you think they won't do the same to medicaid?

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Republicans will come for it and their base will vote for their own demise.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or the severely physically and mentally impaired, people caring for spouses, parents, siblings and children with disabilities, people who work full time hourly jobs and still depend medicaid, etc... maybe think before opening your fucking mouth Kellyanne.

[-] stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Seems like the patients should run for office, judging by our current representatives

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

That's pretty funny, but don't give them ideas. The average US Senator is 64. Gerontacracy is probably at least a symptom of the problem. There should be representation for a wide range of ages. We have lawmakers regulating the internet, that do not natively use it.

[-] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago

They could be president of the United States!

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You joke, but as the median age increases, we will see more of this.

[-] cornshark@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Is this what is known as Conway's Game of Life?

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Kind of, except the cells just die.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, but the emergent properties of such a game yields really interesting patterns, such as a couple of fat singular blobs self-sustaining themselves, albeit by a constant stream of dots that have no purpose other than to expire

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 1 day ago

The Russian Army is, apparently

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, I guess that's one way to address shortfalls in pension funds.

I want to believe the best in people, but it seems so bad I find it unlikely things like this are an error or even negligence. Surely by this point, in a boardroom, at least one person in the decision-making process has asked, "Have we tried just letting them die?"

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago
[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago
[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Huh. I didn't notice. Now that I think about it, it does look like the GameCube logo.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Uhh... Walmart Greeter? 🤷‍♂️

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Doesn’t Walmart train their employees on how to apply for SNAP benefits? I would imagine it’s not a huge leap to assume they don’t offer great health benefits too.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

That would be a guaranteed code silver in about 5 minutes.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago
[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sorry, I meant "Silver Alert." I am laughing so hard at my mistake right now.

I guess it could be a code silver if they were restocking guns and ammo when struck by a flashback.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Old person fell down

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