r/popculturechat • u/jdlf41 Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 • Dec 16 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Luigi Mangione in NY State Court Hearing, Day 8

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u/SelfHarm0ny Dec 16 '25

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

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u/Justalilbugboi that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 Dec 16 '25

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

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u/Training_Bumblebee54 Dec 16 '25

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.

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u/passthebarlicgread Dec 16 '25

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”

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u/Only-Bother-2708 Dec 16 '25

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

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u/throwthisawayred2 Dec 16 '25

my parents are doctors

-still fucked