Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies

[Joods]

Expenses have been cut. Extra work is not always available.

You make it sound so easy, but you aren't living our lives so you have no right to assume that we can just do what you suggest. And neither can thousands of other families. You do realize that extra available work has to actually be a thing, right?

You live somewhere without Walmarts and fast food? Around here those places are always hiring.

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Walmart? Fast food? Please. Let's get real here. Rob is a welder with several certifications in his field. That has been his occupation for 26 years. Why should he have to work at Walmart or in a fast food place? That would be taking a pay cut. And really fucking stupid. He is already employed. He works 40 hours a week. Sometimes he gets overtime. Sometimes he doesn't. The health insurance offered by his employer sucks. He's not even getting paid what he's worth. Unfortunately he would have to drive an hour out of the way just to get a job that would pay him what he's worth. And those jobs are union jobs that suck $100 a week out of one's pay just for union dues. 

You seem to be intentionally missing the point I have been making so at this time, since you want to be dense, I'm just going to stop conversing with you. I don't have to justify my family situation or Rob's income or how we make ends meet to you or anyone else. He busts his ass at work. Probably more than you do. He doesn't get all the credit he deserves in this life. In addition, he has been either walking five miles to work or riding a bike because we only have one family car and it isn't always convenient for him to take it. So don't fucking tell me that he should have to work "a few more hours" to make up for the shitty health insurance he gets. He's doing everything he can for his family and he is NOT lazy about it. Jobs just happen to suck in our area.

What you fail miserably to understand is that he makes just enough money for us to get by, but he makes too much money to qualify for any sort of assistance from the government for medical help or anything else.  He's already working a full time job. Technically, he shouldn't have to work extra hours just to afford decent healthcare. Jesus fucking christ. There are politicians who work far less in a year but they voted themselves nice pensions and nice paychecks and great healthcare, all while fucking over working class Americans. And judging by how you have responded in this thread, your standard of living is probably similar to theirs, so you seem to think there's nothing wrong with any of that. 

You clearly don't have a single clue as to what it takes to try busting your ass to raise three teens while you are still struggling to get medical care for yourself. 

Fast food jobs are not designed to support anyone with any sort of a living wage. But you already knew that, didn't you? I think you just want to piss on those who fall well below your own income bracket because you don't have anything of substance to add to this discussion.