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Re:US inflation means families are spending $709 more per mo... by adventured on Sunday August 13, 2023 @03:47PM (#37113639)
It's not the technical poor that suffer the most in the US, it's the next block up, the low income working class.

The US has free healthcare for the bottom ~25%, including the poor. If you are in the low income working group, you're often largely out of luck. Those are the people suffering the most. They often don't qualify for EBT cards, they don't qualify for free healthcare, they don't qualify for housing subsidies, and so on.

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Re:US inflation means families are spending $709 more per mo... by Spooky23 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @04:13PM (#37113921)
The stats often don’t include benefits as income so it’s hard to really understand what’s going on.

“Free healthcare” in the form of Medicaid is a bit generous of a description for people under 65 and over 18. Few providers take it, and the benefits are really bad in many places.

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Re:US inflation means families are spending $709 more per mo... by koprulusector on Sunday August 13, 2023 @03:52PM (#37113702)
How about both groups suffer far more than they should in any civilized, modern society. It’s not a contest which group is screwed over the most, let’s instead focus on why/how/what and solve.
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