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Mar 11, 2017 2:06 PM
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weednebula
i work in a different city than i live in and i swear. bitches with new phones while their kids wear rags and they think $6 is too much
NegentropyX
This is why we voted for Trump - for the freedom to get that sweet iPhone and screw the kids' healthcare.
alexkealeyak47
That photo looks like 1930-40.. God only knows what hardship that mother encountered. Black White Brown Yellow. You are all good MOTHERS
RMaybeth
the poor woman is deciding which kid she's gonna sell to the guy in the van
MeganJK
For anyone that might care (sorry I'm a photographer) This image is Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, Circa 1936.
MysteryHamSandwich
Kids begging her for angry birds.
stewartm0205
A family plan without subsidies is more than $1000/mth. If you have any health issues that is expensive then you can't get a plan.
drdtza
Source is this tweet: https://twitter.com/arctictony/status/839195119857336320
ObsLamprey
If you had to choose between healthcare and an iphone, which cover would you get for your iphone?
slizzo
Chaffetz is human garbage. Donate to his challenger, Kathryn Allen.
slizzo
https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/181376/the-us-congress-needs-a-caring-physician
IronicUsername
"Human" is a bit generous.
RenegadeTQ
DIdn't the Obama admin say the same thing.
slizzo
What?
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Begotten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56xE-sogSTM
sparticusalexander
For the price of health coverage around here, I could have 6 new iPhones.
BirdsInTheTrapSingMcnight
I feel lucky to be Canadian when I see these posts
CanadianLadyMoose
I was just thinking that. Americans are taxed more than us for healthcare but only we actually GET healthcare. Thank goodness for Canada!
awkwardmoment
Yeah. Unfortunately the government has spent 70 years systematically raising the cost of health insurance. It'd be nice if they just stopped
Munchman347
The government? The Republican refusal to regulate the insurance industry does not equal 'the government raising costs'...
awkwardmoment
Almost all healthcare regulation is aimed at raising its cost/decreasing its effectiveness. And over 70 years consistency indicates intent
upvoteALLtheposts
Side note. The photographer's name is Vivian Maier. She took beautiful photos - f you're into that sort of thing.
anvilon
THAT'S NOT FUNNY!
SomeOneYouMayKnowOrNot
That's the entire point. It's the contrast between what's said and the picture that drives home how ridiculous the statement was.
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B99Reactions
Thee comparison may be exaggerated but it doesn't change the FACT that people don't have financial priorities right.
griffinzoth
"via iPhone", I lol'd.
B99Reactions
Financed by my job because I work on it, not just browse Imgur all day. The fault would be if I had bought it to use facebook and twitter
ReginaKnoll
That picture is of a mother during the Depression, starving along with her children. Not funny.
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Whwat
Some countries can afford ways to communicate with people AND have affordable healthcare. Not the US, but some countries.
TchallaVII
That's crazy man. You're a freamer
ItHasComeToTheTriarii
Had to pay 200 dollars for a new adhd drug to my son... so new they did not cover it yet.... got it refunded 1 week later... norway
Hybris51129
Yeah and no one talks about the costs those countries pay both culturally and where they stand on the larger world scale.
rg16
And the US has a) the resources and population of an entire continent b) a stable history with little warfare - hardly a fair comparison. 2)
rg16
What are the 'cultural costs' of UHC? The NHS is seen as an integral part of UK society - hardly a negative. 1)
Hybris51129
Short version: A society that relies on many safety nets is bound to create a weaker citizen, someone who at best is stagnant (1)
Hybris51129
or at worse has a regressive effect on their nation, essentially unquestioning drones. The US for a all of its issues is more likely (2)
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to produce citizen that is active that wants to change itself to better adapt to its environment or if that doesn't work then change the (3)
meccit
And such waste - for the same life expectancy, the world pays $1,500 per person, but the USA pays $8,500 - http://imgur.com/AnBhRXH
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Flyndaran
The doctor that killed my father just had to bullshit on the stand to get completely off. He got his money's worth.
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Flyndaran
I meant it when I wrote he got his money's worth. Frivolous suits being so common results in people just assuming those suing are wrong.
seedye
There's lots of research that says otherwise. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/medical-liability-costs-us/
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seedye
There's another study suggests universal healthcare reduces malpractice suits, but I can't find it. Maybe people who aren't ruined 1/2
Qitunes
Don't know if this amuses me or makes me angry....
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joeyfatballs
I'd hit it...sorry. But I would
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thexian
Normaly don't like being able to see a girls ribs, but I'd bone her.
IronicUsername
Dear Internet users everywhere: Literally nobody cares who you would have sex with. -Sincerely, everyone
joeyfatballs
I like your observation... I'd totally fuck you.
ForrestIndustries
Except kids, cartoon ladies, and people in fursuits.
birdygobyebye
Some have a cheap flip phone and still can not afford health coverage
MyBadProfile
I got this smartphone for free and I still can't afford health insurance.
Notme68
Doesn't matter. My smartphone cost $20 and lasts 2 years.
B99Reactions
What smartphone is that, you probably on some sort of monthly payment contract so it ends up not being $20..?
Notme68
I would have to pay for a land-line if I had one - a phone is utterly necessary for employment. It's the "smart phone" that's the argument.
Notme68
Still, service is 20% monthly of what health insurance through work would be if I could afford it.
SuckatUsernames32
I'm just using the pray I don't get sick or hurt plan myself.
WhatTheFluxCapacitor
Just do it at work
DolphuRaymondWasAPimp
"The grill gave me testicular cancer. Pay up, Ronald."
SuckatUsernames32
I'm self employed :(
birdygobyebye
self employed and no disability
WhatTheFluxCapacitor
Sue the owner!
StealTow
while others have a nice new iphone, 200 dollar shoes, designer clothes, Rims while saying they can't afford it health care.
sonderasiwander
I was a healthy, if depressed, 20 year old and I wanted health insurance to get off my dad's so I could move in with my then-boyfriend. (1)
sonderasiwander
I was either denied outright or was shown a $300 monthly bill, I assume because of my gender (female, of childbearing age) and (2)
sonderasiwander
depression. Didn't have that disposable income. I could, however, afford a fairly nice-for-the time phone and had other electronics. (3)
sonderasiwander
I could save up for those and be very careful with my money. Ended up marrying the boy 2 years later to get on his company's insurance.(end)
StealTow
cool story bro
sovietracism
Some people even choose to have refrigerators instead of healthcare
birdygobyebye
lucky me my refrigerator is 22 years old
diabolicalpenguinarmyoverulesallupvotes
Ugh. the insolence of some people. Gawd.
eromitlab
Fox News has actually used that to argue that poor people here have it so good that they should be embarrassed to ask for public assistance.
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joeynew
Lead in your water effecting your cgilds brain development? Lol sucks to suck make more money and buy a filter dumbass. -republican agenda
WillTheFifth
Do you honestly think that it's some sort of competition?
caboops
Life is a competition, pussy.
SuckatUsernames32
Iphone= 1 time payment of approx. $800. Health Insurance= monthly payment of approx. $2400 per month for family.
SenorFunGuns
That's what happens when you have a bill that mandates having insurance and you can't sell across state lines
heyguysimtom
I pay $80 per month for my coverage....Who has coverage like that?
eclect0
But with a deductible of only $8,000 how can you beat that price, right?
whereigotogetdownvotes
I pay $1885 per month for my wife and I. Before Obamacare the same insurance with exactly same coverage was $478 per month. That's criminal!
Skrudd
Tbh how the fuck are you even supposed to function in todays society without a smart phone? Bills, appointments,info, everything is on there
CrazyCatLad
I'm 26 and work full time in a graphics department. Got my first smart phone 5 months ago. Pretty easy to function with a standard phone.>>
CrazyCatLad
>>That said, I am entirely fucking okay if poor people have smart phones - better for the job search.
FunFrenchStuff
Without computer/internet it is really hard, but smartphone ? If you job doesn't require it, it doesn't take much organization to do without
Skrudd
If I had to choose I would take a smart phone over a computer. You have to remember its not only a utility device, but a social one too.
cheeseguy3412
I'm paying 700 a month for insurance... and thats through my workplace.
Rosie2003
You must have a lot of kids bc there is no way an employee plan would be that much for individual or individual+spouse
cheeseguy3412
Single, no kids, no dependants. The plans with kids and a spouse go well over $1100
5po0ky
Your workplace had a choice, they could have gotten one that was cheap for you, but cost them more, or cheap for them but $700/month for you
JoshJitsu
$700 a month IS cheap for him, compared to a lot of plans.
5po0ky
False. Average premiums last year for group plans was $400. Meaning his workplace bought the cheapest one possible, screwing all the workers
JoshJitsu
Maybe you should look into the difference between average and mean...