Its a real moneymaker in some communities in the US.
Entire families where each underage kid gets a check.
There have been articles published about how some parents resisted any therapies that might help their learning disabled kids,for fear of losing those benefits. The whole system needs an overhaul.
And Kim's ER trips should be denied by Medicaid. A fucking one dollar pregnancy test can be had from Dollar Tree!!!! Yet she bills hundreds of dollars to the public for a test! This is why our system is fucked.
The ER is a fun thing to do for these people and it really shows how empty their lives are.
They get to feel seen by the doctors, clean beds, ok food, sympathy, and maybe even coveted pain medication. The center of their own little drama.
Kinda the same reasons that Sammie loves being pregnant but could care less about being a mom.
Being in an ER for 8+ hours for something non urgent is hell but they’ll bring their own blanket and pillow and get comfortable in the waiting room.
And oh yeah, the disability thing is generational.
Aiden (Kimmie’s medically fragile neglected looking son) has “altism” according to an old gofundme that Dalton posted, I’m sure they’re on top of him getting disability through hospital social workers, plus they would get extra food stamps for him living with them.
Dalton most likely gets his own disability check because of schizophrenia, that’s one of the few psychiatric disorders thats still pretty much a shoe in because it’s absolutely debilitating as far as executive and cognitive function and there’s no cure.
It just gets worse over time and he’s smoking crack too and unmedicated.
And if Kimmie gets her own check too, that’s $2000-$3000 coming in a month for free for 3 people not including food stamps.
More if she pops out this baby and files for WIC and cash assistance.
And Aiden and their house still looks like that.
It’s bleak but very common in low income areas.