You can receive medical care in any ER in America, and you cannot be refused care due to inability to pay. There are also clinics for the poor if need be.
I just don’t understand how you can pay rent and utilities, buy food, and have enough money for the Internet when you receive less than $665 a month from social security and have no other income. Please enlighten us with your magnificent budgeting secrets.
Well, I manage. Living in a rural area where housing is dirt cheap, though utilities are not, I stay in my house until winter arrives (it’s paid for, taxes are peanuts, and its market value is under $10k) and then make myself useful at the home of a relative who needs company. I can’t afford heat, don’t pay rent, the kid is a self-supporting adult, I have no debts and own no cars.
What’s really amazing is not how I budget the income, but how little one needs to be happy, provided one hasn’t numerous obligations.
Don’t buy a house by incurring a mortgage; same goes for car; don’t use credit cards; don’t borrow money; go easy on the water and electric usage.
Incidentally, the last time I paid for internet, it was dialup and around $9 a month.
People don’t need a lot of money. They make choices — sometimes expensive ones — and then they think they can’t unmake them. Mortgages, student loans, car loans, credit cards, hobbies, habits...it sure adds up if you’re not careful!
Pardon me for not addressing this in the previous post. (It is so past my bedtime!)
But no, you can NOT receive medical care in any ER in America, and I don't recommend that you try, unless you can afford the insane ambulance fee. Nor are there free clinics within everyone's reach.
You can say it over and over, like an article of faith; everyone thinks it's true; but it simply isn't true. In fact, even if you have a life-threatening condition, it's no guarantee you'll get care. You'll get some attention, but not necessarily care.
Now I really must bid you good night, sweet Prince.