So I got a lil anecdote to share, only doing it cause of how it relates to my own political opinions and maybe will others as well.
So I have someone I know, not going to TMI so it will be kept general but suffice to say I like this person, I might go as far as to say they are an objectively good person (In my opinion). This person has worked very hard their whole life at a job that, while not the top percentage of hardest jobs its shit I imagine no one here would be lining up to do, they have done this without any issue, and payed for YEARS into a company insurance plan, pretty decent one to(On fucking paper, part of the story)
Anyway, Ill cut to the chase, they get cancer, yea I know very sad(actually fuckin blows really bad but point of post isent sob story) totally out of the blue, found it during a super routine check. Super good prognoses as they caught it early, just need rapid and aggressive surgery to remove the affected areas.
Insurance says they wont cover a fraction of it, said it was a matter of medical opinion that it would spread after "medical jargon" and the recommending physician was being "alarmist"
Ill jumpcut again to weighing options with a high 5 figure medical bill looking back without any recourse seeming obvious, reach out to an OLD friend and learn about Medicare and its options.
The upshot is Medicare offered to cover his entire bill but only if they are jobless, so they quit.
Anyway the only reason I say this is when it came down to it and I was staring at the cold reality of true life and death ALL my politics went out the window, I dident give a rats ass about "handouts" or "debt ceilings". In that moment that list of things I wasent willing to do so this person wouldent by crushed by cancer or medical debt was VERY short, compromising my political beliefs was NOT on there.
So ive been stuck reflecting, what do you really believe when the chips are down and the deck is stacked against ya? Is that what you really belive? Is it just cowardice? Simple response to fear? Does beliving in policy mean when the time comes you must let those around you suffer the cost of the other policy? Or am I just a filthy hypocrite who would happily say and vote on one mind yet act in another with just a change of fortune?
I dont know the anwser to these questions, but I wanted to just share this, been on my mind like a boulder.
