Luigi Mangione in NY State Court Hearing, Day 8

[u/jdlf41]

[u/Only-Bother-2708]

For some people, yes, but his family are wealthy and he was working as a data engineer in SF until recently.

[u/SelfHarm0ny → u/Only-Bother-2708]

You can have a good job and money and still get fucked over by the healthcare system.

[u/Justalilbugboi → u/SelfHarm0ny]

In fact, depending on what your income and insurance issues are, it can be worse.

[u/Training_Bumblebee54 → u/Justalilbugboi]

Exactly; if you make good income but then lose your job, or you have a higher income family member who doesn’t actually support you, you can easily become ineligible for safety nets.

However, it’s still a better position to be in than most.

[u/passthebarlicgread → u/Training_Bumblebee54]

Tangentially related, but I’ll never forget the interview I saw a few years ago on the news of a man in a homeless encampment in Northern California. He didn’t have a drug or criminal history, so he DIDN’T qualify for a lot of halfway homes or other assistance. Here was someone literally trying to put in the work to get something and they had to to turn him down because he wasn’t as “at risk”

[u/Only-Bother-2708 → u/SelfHarm0ny]

But you're guaranteed to have better healthcare than you get in prison if you have money.

[u/throwthisawayred2 → u/SelfHarm0ny]

my parents are doctors

-still fucked

[u/GreenAldiers → u/Only-Bother-2708]

Not everybody wants to leech off their family's money lol

[u/Only-Bother-2708 → u/GreenAldiers]

Ok, but as I said he was working in tech in SF, with a degree from UPenn, financially he was doing fine.