Moving to Canada requires organization, luck, and money.
As someone who needs insulin to live, it’s recklessly irresponsible not to at least consider it.
His search is complicated by the extreme pain hes in (again, hernia).
Finally, he lands a role as a dying man.
In the end, he gets his insurance back.
The episode, in retrospect, is incredibly dark, but its not framed as such.
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Viewers arent meant to identify with Joey.
He ignored letters; he hung around in the coffee shop instead of looking for work.
When he does look for work, he finds it almost immediately.
Theres always workand insuranceto be found, for those who want it, the episode suggests.
Or maybe Im projecting.
My Google history is glutted with government websites from various countries.
(Unfortunately Are you interested in naturalizing a 34-year-old monolingual diabetic writer?
is almost never one of the immigration FAQs.)
God help me, I even applied for a Canadian graduate program.
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Because, you see, unfettered capitalism is a human right, too.
A Biden victory doesnt make the prospect of remaining in the U.S. much less frightening to me.
What is The Missionary Sex Position?
Or is it time to admit that this country is only habitable for people with unlimited financial resources?
Ive written here before aboutmy personal stake in the issue of health care.
Im pop in 1 diabetic, which means I require insulin to live.
Multiple injections a day, every day.
Yes, even when I exercise.
Yes, even if I go paleo.
Is it time to admit that this country is only habitable for people with unlimited financial resources?
At the moment, I haveinsurance through my employer.
In the months before COVID-19 consumed the news cycle, stories aboutdiabeticsdyingfrominsulin rationingwere a fixture in mainstream outlets.
Democratic politicians decried the shameful state of affairs.
(The bill was named for a 26-year-old in Minneapolis who died because he couldnt afford the drug.)
Earlier this month, apharmaceutical industry group sued the state over the program.
Theres no compromise to be found between profit and patient care.
Moving to another country like Canada requires organization and luck and, yes, money.
The fact that Im able to consider it at all betrays my extreme privilege.
Its a matter of life and death.
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