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People relied on accounts powered by Synapse for everyday expenses like buying groceries and paying rent, or for saving for major life events like home purchases or surgeries.
Gotta love US healthcare
I'd be broke a long time ago if I lived the US. Good thing I'm French and a surgery for a life threatening condition, plus 4 month of rehabilitation, costed me a whopping 0€.
We have a fantastic medical system if you are poor in a state that funds it’s Medicaid system well OR wealthy enough to not be burdened by the cost of medical care.
To be fair, being poor only works if it is a clear cut life threatening issue. Otherwise, they treat and street you...
My statement about being in a state that funds Medicaid properly is true.
In Maryland Medicaid is actually decent coverage.
In Virginia … not so much.
Be my language tutor 🙃 I’d love to Marseille in a heartbeat.
That's some kind of communist talk. In the Land of the Free you are your own man. No nanny state telling you what to do. You have options. You can be rich, you can put all your money into a scam bank, which is de facto sanctioned, (and die when they do a rug pull because you no longer have money for life saving, much less preventative care), or you can die. But this was your choice, and you can have a huge truck (N.B. the bank actually owns the truck, but in 5 years you'll have it paid off).
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In reality I left the US years ago and don't miss it, I do fear for friends though.
America dumb.
I wouldn't call them dumb. Masochist, maybe, but not dumb.