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I have to say, that doesn't seem unreasonable. My understanding is that one can get a terminal diagnosis long before one becomes too sick to work.
Accurate username.
I hope someone you love gets that diagnosis so that you can spend the days counting down their demise while they slave away at a job they HAVE to do.
Imagine just offering up this opinion of your own free will
It's helpful to be reminded that, yes, there are people out there like that. Learn to detect them early on.
Fuck off
If I find out that I'm terminally ill, I'm spending my days doing shit I enjoy with the people I love
Your attitude is precisely what makes 'Murica such a shit hole
Back to work, wagie
"Hey honey, I've got 3 weeks to live. I'm off to the pizza hut to do the night shift of delivering pizzas so I can get the healthcare I need to work at the Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas. Thanks orange man!"
Yes, and if you're able to work and only have months to live, that's the best use of your time. For the benefit of society, of course. But also to keep your dignity and not be a freeloader. Without those 200 or so extra hours of work, the share market might dip. Or worse, you might get to spend some time with friends or family. Or going to medical appointments.
/s
And where do you draw the distinction between being too sick and not?
The same place you do for people without a terminal diagnosis - you have to have a system for doing that anyway.
Yeah cause that totally works for neurological diseases and disorders that dont show symptoms generally until 10-20 years after diagnosis.... next up chemotherapy patients still have motor function! Meaning they can run a register hurdurrr
Can’t wait for the exciting new frontier of paying disabled people below minimum wage
They already do this.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/workers-with-disabilities/overview
Ah of course. Satire is dead
I don't think it matters if you're too sick to work. That's treating people as existing solely for your own benefit, to be exploited.
What does matter, IMHO, is what your expected timeline is. At one time, HIV could've been considered a terminal diagnosis. It couldn't be treated, it would always advance to AIDS, and eventually that would cause your death. But that was likely to be 10+ years away.
If you've got less than a year to live, the government should cover your fucking medical care, no exception. Well, maybe the ultra-rich, but I'm sure they'd find a way around it anyway.
What do you mean by that in this context? I don't think Medicaid pays for people's healthcare in order that they might work (at least not in this context). It is rather more like a charity program, with the associated reasoning being that people who could work instead of accepting charity should.