"My boss’s dogs have health care, and I don't."
Are we living in a dystopian nightmare? For these people, the answer is yes, and here's why ...
Are we living in a dystopian nightmare? For these people, the answer is yes, and here's why ...
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00:00Tell me we live in a dystopian nightmare without telling me we live in a dystopian nightmare.
00:04My boss's dogs have health care and I don't.
00:11We have this one medication and I want you to see how much it costs for one dose.
00:16$2,125,000 for one dose and it's for infants.
00:25Taking a vaccine during a pandemic has become a political issue.
00:29This is an email I got on Black Friday from the lab company my hospital uses telling me I can take 15% off when I shop for my own lab tests.
00:36I guess now instead of just getting the medical care we need when we need it, we're expected to shop holiday sales like we do for furniture and cars.
00:42Then to treat yourself to a discounted blood panel or cancer screening for the holidays.
00:46I live in America where vaccines are controversial and climate change isn't a thing to a lot of people.
00:56Come on down to the US of A today where you're forced to give birth.
01:00Forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills to have the baby and then not given any time off as a new mom to take care of your baby that you couldn't afford in the first place.
01:11All we want is a livable minimum wage and look instead people are like well why don't we have a smoothie bar?
01:18Companies are donating millions of dollars to charity but they refuse to actually pay any of their employees the proper wage they need to survive.
01:27Just gotten some coupons in the mail.
01:29They're from a cemetery.
01:31I mean you know gotta get in on those holiday sales right?
01:36So the MRI comes back, diagnosed, needs surgery, great.
01:402022 my insurance is doubling in cost.
01:44So 2022 I have to start the year with a double insurance bill.
01:48Thousands of dollars worth of surgery plus I accumulated at least a thousand dollars in debt this month from diagnosing that problem.
01:56Hi welcome to America.
01:58Myself and basically every chronic illness creator on this app have a link in their bio for medical needs.
02:10Whether it's fundraising for medical expenses or like mine where it's a medical wish list because we have so many needs that insurance does not cover.
02:20Remember in 2018 when Goldman Sachs published a report asking whether curing patients was a sustainable business model?
02:28That is our healthcare system.
02:30People of color with minor drug charges are serving longer sentences in for-profit prisons than the people who tried to overthrow the government on January 6th.
02:40As a part of my day job I do COVID testing and I've had a car full of people whose rapid tests were positive and then they drive up to me to get a PCR test.
02:55I ask if they're vaccinated and they say of course not. Is this the twilight zone?
03:02It's easier to get a religious exemption from a vaccine mandate at your workplace than it is to get accommodations for your autoimmune disease during a pandemic.
03:11Just like men are often confused about why so many women are watching true crime documentaries and listening to true crime podcasts.
03:19That is until a woman explains to them that many are watching for warning signs and survival tips in case they find themselves in a dangerous situation.
03:28Americans are often confused in the same way about why so many people in other countries appear to be watching the US like it's a form of entertainment.
03:36It's not about entertainment, we are taking notes.
03:39America, home of the free, unless you're a woman or a person of color.
03:44I could literally go on for hours about how we are living in a dystopia and nobody sees it.
03:49But I'm tired of talking on my ass because nobody sees it.
03:53It's getting scary out there. Have a good day.