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Ok, now..... about 15 years ago, a friend of mine had no health insurance, they were out of work, due to a physical disability. Prior to age 18 this guy received SSI from the state. Upon graduating high school, they got a job, and all was well....no more SSI. Then, the person's disability made it where as they were no longer able to work. No work, no health insurance. For some reason they could not get Medicaid.....it's been a few years, the mind is foggy. Anyway, I called the Social Security office to see what could be done. The basic jest of it was that since they paid into social security they could no longer get SSI (I think they started to collect SSD once they could no longer work), which came with the Medicaid health coverage. I remember telling the woman distinctly......"so, since this person chose to go out and get a job, and not be a burden on society, they are now being penalized?????" Which, IMO, is exactly what happened....they got off of SSI and now once they paid into Social Security, they could not go back onto SSI and get the Medicaid coverage.
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Apparently, you saw no problem with your friend getting public assistance.
For what it is worth, I don't either.
What is the line then between supporting someone and socialism?
To me, it is different to say the current system needs to be revamped and the current system is socialism.
Under the view that the system is socialism and should be done away with entirely, your friend is SOL. Under the view that the current system needs to be revamped, we can use your friend as an example to make coverage more comprehenisive.
But apparently that's socialist.