One unexplored issue is a loophole that allows individuals to satisfy the work requirement if their household has at least $580 of monthly income—which includes gross gambling winnings (i.e., the profits from winning bets or gambling sessions) without netting out losses. In most states, individuals can maintain Medicaid coverage by showing $580 in gross gambling winnings once every six months.

Individuals averse to the risk of losing money may still be able to exploit the loophole, by taking positions on both sides of a single bet that guarantees both $580 in winnings and a somewhat larger loss, satisfying the work requirement without any financial risk apart from covering modest bookmaker fees.

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[–] 58 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The American economy is just AI data centers, gambling, and medical expenses.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 week ago* (8 children)

    I really feel like this shit is the canary in the coal mine. The whole economy is just gambling now. There are no jobs.

    It's time to get the fuck out of North America. Sell your shit, take your savings, and get the fuck out.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    there's nowhere in the west that isn't prone to this. the best place to flee, in terms of potential for living in a just society, is going to be the global south

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Does this ever work out in a non colonial way?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    ask any refugee. i'd say china is the best equipped to soak the number of people fleeing but it's never going to be ideal

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Are there many refugees from the first world to the third world to ask? Usually they are expats or retirees which isn't quite the same experience.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    i'm not going to argue with that. it would be preferable in the interests of anti colonialism to seize assets over a certain amount to split asylum seekers from "expats"

    i won't deny the irony it's the the portrayal of southern refugees by western fascists only back to front and credible

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  • [–] [S] 38 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Bluesky comments

    A $58 loss every six months might still be significant for the poorest of the poor. Granted, still could be better than losing Medicaid for those with health issues.

    That’s why you take both sides of the action. You’ll meet the requirement and only be out a few bucks.

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    Shit, the gambling websites will even play along: “work requirement friendly bets - CLICK HERE!”

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  • [–] 39 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Am I seriously going to have to do this to keep my medicaid? Because no one is hiring and the last option is community service, which isn't the end of the world, but I'd have to get a ride to and from.

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  • [–] [S] 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    It's so fucked up because my psych medicine keeps me stable and functioning. Like I know they don't care, but large swaths of people are going to get violently ripped away from their medicine. A lot of these people will have crisis and get hurt. I know though I know this is all by design to cull the poor.

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  • [–] [S] 32 points 1 week ago

    I wish you a lot of luck. I hate to say it but things will get uglier before they get better. Whatever the political landscape in DC in January, 2029 - there's going to be a horrible push for bipartisan "belt tightening". Of course they won't tax corporations and they'll need $$$$$ for the Cold War 2.0 they want to fight with China.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago

    yeonmi-park in communist China people pay money to keep up the pretends that they have a job.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago*

    Oh say, can you see
    By the dawn's early light
    What so proudly we hailed
    At the twilight's last gleaming?

    freedom-and-democracy

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  • [–] 17 points 1 week ago

    i thought maybe this was some kind of card counters carveout, the IRS has these when you do your taxes, but no it's a no shit loophole.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago

    53% of Americans in 2026 gamble huh?

    Aww shit that includes gacha games, guess I'm part of that. doug-point-cry nope

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    so increase revenue of gambling companies by providing service with state money, neat-o

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