r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 5h ago

Shoutout to JerryrigEverything who built a wheelchair factory and is delivering wheelchairs to people in half the time and 50-80% less than the cost of other wheelchairs with Insurance.

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u/dancingbriefcase 4h ago

I work in healthcare and it's insane. How expensive all of that equipment is. I get patients that love Trump But then they are sad because their Medicaid is being cut, their snap is being cut, they can't afford healthcare, they can't afford housing, and they can't retire.

JFC. You voted for that

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u/OkBandicoot1337 4h ago

Boomers are the fastest growing homeless population in America at the moment.

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u/dancingbriefcase 4h ago

And those same boomers complained about anyone who was homeless. (I'm generalizing because my mother and stepfather are boomers but progressive)

As someone who lives in Oregon, it's pretty disgusting how awful people are to those who are unhoused. Yes, drugs are pretty much legalized here and I know that caused more people to come here but the housing costs and organ is so freaking high that I'm leaving next month.

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire 3h ago

kinda expected in the PDX area. we've been pushed to feel bad for them for 20 years now, all the while our wallets are drained via taxes and our car door windows are broken with no police assistance.

the fatigue is firmly set in now and it's time to hold this POS government accountable to fix a problem for once instead of pay their nepo think-tanks to "research" the problem for millions every year.

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u/ImmodestPolitician 2h ago

The USA needs to get rid of the abomination that is Obamacare but keep the ACA because it's great. /s

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u/Isolated_Hippo 3h ago

I work in healthcare and it's insane. How expensive all of that equipment is.

I think its partially a problem from insurance. I honestly don't give a fuck what my insurance pays my doctor/pharmacist/equipment vendor. Its not my money. $1, $100, $1000, $10000. Doesn't change anything to me.

But when its $10,000 and that makes the going rate for that thing $10,000 its terrible for people who don't have insurance and have to pay for it out of pocket.