Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "A Different Kind of Force—Policing Mental Illness | NBC Left Field" video.

  1.  @DenaMarie90  Not always. Medicare doesn't cover everyone, especially if you're in a Red state who politicians refuse to expand its coverage. If, for instance, you're just above 138% of the poverty line, making ~$18,000/year, and there are no jobs in your area, and you can't afford to move to a different area (this is depressingly common in rural states), you're basically fucked. That's in the most generous case, and in those same rural states, the rules I just mentioned usually don't apply. If you're an adult and don't have a child, you can wave Medicare goodbye. Millions of people fall just in between the eligibility for Medicaid and Marketplace tax credits (low and middle income). Sorry, but sometimes you don't have control, and you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps. The American Dream is sadly an illusion. Always has been.
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