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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by throwaway2048 on Saturday March 16, 2019 @01:17PM (#19408904)
This is definitely one of the most ridiculous points about the American system.

Medicare for all already exists, it just requires that you quit your job (forever if you have a chronic medical issue) sell your house and assets and stop paying taxes, or having productive input into the economy entirely.

What kind of sense does that make?

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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by toast0 on Saturday March 16, 2019 @02:04PM (#19409213)
You don't need to sell your house, you can qualify for Medicaid and they'll place a lien on it. You can't keep savings to pay the property tax or the mortgage though, so I don't think you'd end up keeping the house.
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