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pbxtech t1_j77sixt wrote

Could we give him medical just because he’s a person?

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WoodeeWitless t1_j78hk4f wrote

Unfortunately, there is too much money to be made in the medical industry.

$>people

Shit sucks. System fails innocent children.

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JustALittleAverage t1_j7a225n wrote

That the good part of living in a commie country like Sweden.

I need to go to the doctor, $20, that includes operations etc.

Need meds? Are you under 18? Free. Otherwise you don't have to pay more than $180 in a year before it gets... Free.

Dental, that's the thing that can cost you. Under 18? Free. Otherwise you can have to pay a bit, a root canal is about $400

Need sick days? Sure, have a years worth! You need a doctor's note after you've been sick for 7 days.

Vacation? Sure, here take 25 days paid per year - also the company have to give the between june-august (if you want), summer vacations is nice.

Need to work overtime? Sure, the payrate goes up the minute you go past 40 hours a week. No working for "free".

Also 10 days paid no questions asked leave for personal matters, let's say a parent passes away and you need to sort out stuff and go to the funeral.

Free schools, free lunches (that has to be nutritious), free schools bus rides.

Need to have kids in the kindergarten so you can work? Sure, fee is based on how much you make, so it is affordable. That can include evening/nights if you work those shifts (don't know about that first hand tho)

I pay taxes out of my ass for it tho, but I am happy do do it. I know my kids will be fed in school and I am not afraid of getting sick or having to go to the doctor.

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Omsus t1_j7aj63n wrote

> I pay taxes out of my ass for it tho, but I am happy do do it.

Besides, the difference isn't even that big between the US and the Nordic, at least not when you account for US payments that aren't taxes, e.g. health insurance. Or education...

And if you get into an accident, you won't be billed 3000 or 5000 dollars for an ambulance ride (not even joking). Medicines that are way more covered elsewhere can be pricey in America, like insulin. Et cetera, et cetera.

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moontiara16 t1_j7b7unv wrote

I’m in America and have decent dental insurance. I recently got a root canal that cost me ~$1600 out of pocket. 😭

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pbxtech t1_j7cir6i wrote

Decent dental insurance? That’s not a thing, is it?

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moontiara16 t1_j7cjmkd wrote

Haha, decent dental insurance in that the dentist and endodontist costs are “discounted” and then I have an additional $1000 to use for treatments varying from a filling to root canal.

I recently saw that someone did the calculation and it was cheaper for them to take a vacation in Spain for a week and get a root canal there. Of course, that didn’t include any follow up appointments.

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pbxtech t1_j7cidm1 wrote

I really admire these folks for showing their support for this child, however, I am quite embarrassed by how we treat the vulnerable. In spite of the subreddit name, I wasn’t uplifted but embarrassed.

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TrailJunky t1_j78mc5z wrote

Haha welcome to America. This is how the wealthy keep the less fortunate in line. Eat the rich.

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loonygecko t1_j791j6b wrote

Read the article, he already got medical care through the state, the teacher learned about it when he was already recovering and then adopted him.

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loonygecko t1_j79ch4k wrote

Nice try at strawmanning and moving the goal posts but that's obviously not what I said.

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loonygecko t1_j791h2v wrote

Read the article, he already got medical care through the state, the teacher learned about it when he was already recovering and then adopted him.

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pbxtech t1_j79ejdj wrote

What? good lord that so wasn’t the point.

Nobody asked to be born, it should never be a question in the richest country in the history of the world.

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loonygecko t1_j79paea wrote

> Nobody asked to be born,

Wow, those goal posts were forcibly ejected from the womb with some very fast legs LOL!

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pbxtech t1_j7chc1d wrote

What does that mean? Is taking care of vulnerable children’s healthcare the goal posts? What is “LOL” about it?

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WillNeverCheckInbox t1_j79iina wrote

He has medical care. They removed him from his biological family because they kept missing appointments. Probably the reason why he had two below knee amputations and an arm amputation. Try reading the article instead of karma-whoring with outrage.

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NotAPreppie t1_j796ndz wrote

Not in Uncle Sam's 'Murica... he has to pull himself up by his bootstraps and build the next Amazon or Apple in his garage.

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CaravelClerihew t1_j79r7y3 wrote

Treating people like people?! Those weren't the freedoms that the founding fathers fought for!

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mariegalante t1_j7ayksu wrote

He definitely has free medical care through our state health insurance program and likely did right from birth. CT is really good about providing free health care to children and we have excellent hospital systems but lots of parents have a hard time taking care of their kids, even with support.

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M4choN4ch0 t1_j780l5n wrote

Baby pulled out of the orphan grinder and given a sandwich, orphan grinder continues normal operation

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BJs_Minis t1_j7atm90 wrote

Person A: "oh great they adopted a child in need!"

Person B "well, why didn't they adopt every single child in need? Fucking media!"

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bananamantheif t1_j7avnrw wrote

that's not what they are saying...

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JeffR47 OP t1_j76xt7h wrote

https://archive.is/20230204152425/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/04/teachers-adoption-foster-connecticut-riccio/

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troglodyte31 t1_j78gwix wrote

Oh my god, that picture of Nate holding the baby! I'm so glad he was able to be adopted by them. There are too many horror stories from the foster system. He looks like such a happy kid! 😊

Edit: forgot to add a thanks for including an archive link

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old_duderonomy t1_j78mswj wrote

I don’t know if revealing America’s shitty infrastructure and lack of societal care is really “uplifting” per se.

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Goatshavemorefun t1_j78xcme wrote

I think the uplifting part is that even though there is so much shit in America, there are people willing to find a way through it to make it better.

I used to work in a church and saw first hand that people can make a huge difference if they want to.

Just like Bigweld always says "see a need, fill a need"

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jbr208 t1_j79eksu wrote

Is… Is this Matilda?

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Sarcasamystik t1_j7798c2 wrote

Amazing story, I am glad it’s working so well for them.

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MRSRN65 t1_j78z21m wrote

Thanks. This was a great article and truly uplifting.

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i_heart_pasta t1_j79kfd8 wrote

It’s like that time Mike Seaver let a young Leonard DiCaprio live with him because he was secretly living in the boiler room at the school

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Currensy69 t1_j7cc1x0 wrote

I like this one better than when Sandra Bullock took in a kid that knew nothing about football and inspired his pursuit of NFL excellence

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redcolumbine t1_j7bfnw1 wrote

Direct quote from the article:

"She learned that Nate’s ongoing medical needs extended beyond what his birth family could meet, and that after a series of missed medical appointments, he had been removed from his birth family by the Department of Children and Families (DCF)."

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chengstark t1_j79j1rw wrote

Off the topic, that’s a nice suit!

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madbear84 t1_j7dfc76 wrote

This isn’t uplifting AT ALL! Sure it’s really nice that he’s being helped, but it shouldn’t take a teacher adapting him for him to get the help that he needs.

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mariegalante t1_j7aytnz wrote

You don’t need biology to make a family. There are thousands of beautiful, wonderful kids in the system.

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ApocalypticTomato t1_j7euycf wrote

Yesterday an acquaintance of mine, trying to cure my mental illness through the power of positive thinking, told me about the visibly disabled man she used to see walking down the road in all weather every day on his way to work. By all weather, I mean -40F winters and 100F summers in a place with no public transportation that is designed for cars, not pedestrians. She said it was inspiring because he was pushing through his adversity, and she admired him. From her car in which she did not offer the disabled man a ride. I'm of the opinion that illustrates societal failure on many levels and is nightmarish rather than inspiring, but I did run out of Kool aid a while back.

Same vibes.

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ducaati t1_j7k85gj wrote

All good. This world is improving so very greatly.

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gellenburg t1_j795e60 wrote

Wish there was a rule against pay walls.

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JeffR47 OP t1_j7968aq wrote

I can only post the archive link so many times... check the comments. It's there about six times.

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abyssalbrush t1_j78yew1 wrote

Is the student a dog?

ps. i only read the headline.

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