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Re:I’ve worked hard my whole life and I can’t afford food by balderdash on Monday May 29, 2023 @11:52PM (#36120956)
but she only has $60 for food? if you assume phone and internet is ~$250/m and two bus passes are another ~$250/m, that's $1,300/m for other stuff? I can't really make heads or tails of this budget without knowing more.
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Re:I’ve worked hard my whole life and I can’t afford food by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @01:20AM (#36121382)
It's super easy to hit $1k/mo in routine medical/dental expenses. That's one Dr visit, 3 meds and a bit of dental work w/o insurance. Tack on 1 non-routine medical issue and that can easily go up by a factor of 2 or 20.
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Re:I’ve worked hard my whole life and I can’t afford food by elwebmaster on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:43AM (#36123648)
Total nonsense! All but dental are fully covered for retirees where she lives.
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