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Murdered by tax cut. [1]

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Date: 2025-02-25

I never thought I would be looking at my death being cause by a political party. I always assumed it would be after many years of living a good life with friends and family. But no, I along with many other Americans will be sentenced to death, if the republicans base their inhuman and cruel budget. Now you maybe asking why this will be a death sentence for me, I’m on Medicaid because I’m poor and when I say poor I literally have less than seventeen dollars in my personal account right now. I am like many other Americans an unpaid or underpaid caregiver who rely on Medicaid for our needs. I have Type-2 Diabetes which for those not in the know when left untreated will in time leads to death, there is nothing you can get better at this stage I will go from controlled with diet and medication to needing insulin and then into hyperglycemia as my blood sugar increase beyond what my body can handle. Since I will be unable to afford any medical care. This will result in my death, thankfully I will not be conscious for this. But I am only one of many.

Medicaid right now is used to cover people who are on SSI when a person that is not able to receive Medicare yet. Even if a person is on Medicare there are programs that are only handled through Medicaid like the caregiver programs that pay family members to take care of loved ones. It also covers children who need medical care, but their families are unable to afford healthcare because they do not make enough money, it also covers the mothers as well. One of the other groups this program covers is the elderly who have dementia or Alzheimer’s like my father, when they need care in eldercare facilities. These people will be tossed out on the street when the money runs dry, or their families will have to pay for the service which is not cheap, thousands if not more per month. So, a lot of these people will have their loved ones moving back home even if they can’t take care of them. So yeah, this is going to hurt and kill a lot of people.

Personally, I am not going into that cold night without a fight, I started twitch streaming at the beginning of the month knowing I had to make some form of income. Not much luck so far but it takes time to build a following, hasn’t helped that I’ve been down sick most of this month. Yes, I will start working out but as I stated unless something magical happens it is already too late. So, if you are on twitch look me up. My link is in my profile and my handle is the same as here, you will even get the story behind my name there.

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