for them it is.
America needs Medicare for all, but it wouldn't solve this problem in the slightest.
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America: 68-year old woman turns to OnlyFans & sex work to pay for medical bills and food for herself and her disabled son
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for them it is.
America needs Medicare for all, but it wouldn't solve this problem in the slightest.
That's so sad. This country and it's medical industry is garbage. We should be ashamed of ourselves.
Did you miss the part where it doesn't pay for all of her expenses?
She only states that his medical costs are entirely paid for, not her own.
Seems like she has been doing this for the better part of 4-5 years, so I presume the profession agrees with her on some level.
She probably likes getting all this exposure, but I can't help feel that the notoriety will actually put her in more danger than if she were much more unknown.
She probably likes getting all this exposure, but I can't help feel that the notoriety will actually put her in more danger than if she were much more unknown.
I've seen this sort of thing mentioned here in Ontario, Canada as the shithead Doug Ford government has pretty much destroyed our public funded therapy for autism.
The conservative mindset for people with disabilities is that if you can't work then you can fuck off and die somewhere. There's a 30 year backlog for community housing for people with severe disabilities and the government's excuse is "well we didn't expect people with disabilities to live that long".
There's a lot of struggling families and single parents in such situations. We have public healthcare but it doesn't apply to therapy.
My son is autistic and I'm terrified for his future if me and my wife pass away.
The conservative mindset for people with disabilities is that if you can't work then you can fuck off and die somewhere. There's a 30 year backlog for community housing for people with severe disabilities and the government's excuse is "well we didn't expect people with disabilities to live that long".
There's a lot of struggling families and single parents in such situations. We have public healthcare but it doesn't apply to therapy.
My son is autistic and I'm terrified for his future if me and my wife pass away.
Based on her age and income she almost certainly gets Medicare and Medicaid also. Does she actually mention things that Aren't covered?
people on this forum make it seem like poor people don't exist elsewhere in the world. I looked up disability income in Europe to see if things were better over there
and in the countries I checked it doesn't seem like they have it that much better.
That's less than SSI in America.
This is a worldwide problem that we need UBI to fix.
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Medicaid only covers her son. The fact that she could have cancer and might die before her disabled son is terrifying her.
It's so bad for disabled folks in this country that their parents have to hope they don't die before them so they can take still continue to take care of them.
you're basically telling me "don't be surprised people have misconceptions about sex work." Which implies that you think I'm ignorant to the general attitude toward sex workers, and that's a laugh. I hate seeing those posts treating it like sex work is a curse, and it's the worst thing that could happen to someone. I realize that might not be what you intended but it really feels like the same song and dance I've had used to harm or abuse me before.
If didn't want to be a sex worker, but circumstances slammed too many doors in my face and my privilege allowed for me to do it safely. I go without eating and sleeping for the better part of a week most months trying to build an audience, hoping i don't get banned or post-blocked for very little reward. I see articles like these, and I know it has newsworthiness in its human element. It IS a tragedy that she felt forced to do it to survive. I'm not arguing it.
That's my entire point realy though, is it not? That it's a tragedy, but NOT shameful as a thing-in-itself?
Shit like this really makes me think America's days are numbered. We really might be living during the downfall of the American Empire.