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I have had a class on Homelessness and Public Policy. I also spent 5.7 years homeless. It ends up partly being a chicken and egg problem or "the key is in the

by Mz 9y ago

I have had a class on Homelessness and Public Policy. I also spent 5.7 years homeless. It ends up partly being a chicken and egg problem or "the key is in the safe." I had trouble making as much money as I needed in part because of prejudice. If I could make more money, I could take better care of myself. Someone who has health issues as the root cause of their poverty needs health solutions to be better able to maintain financial stability. This policy is along the lines of "the beatings shall continue until morale improves." It is an all too common stance in American institutions.

jdavis703 9y ago
Maybe this is a special case, but many people get frustrated with the rules for organ transplants. For example some lists forbid people over 80, those with morbid obesity, or those on long term medications from receiving transplants. There's a few arguments here, does it makes more sense to have organs go to the highest bidder, have a list of restrictions with prioritized recipients, or just accept everyone in on chronological and have them hope for the best?
- Mz 9y ago
  I am actually not a huge fan of organ transplants. I have fairly strong, incredibly unpopular views of them. I have a condition that accounts for a very high percentage of lung transplants. I have been getting myself well when the world says it cannot be done, while people dismiss me and call me crazy. I am a former homemaker. In a nutshell, I feel that organ transplants are not about the welfare of the patient. They are about doctors and scientists doing things that are cool and look heroic. If a pathetically poor divorced single mom with special needs kids can get healthier while homeless for nearly six years, surely this is not that hard a problem to solve. People just don't want real solutions. They want expensive as hell drugs (the news-making drug for my condition costs $300k annually for an incurable condition and it only works for about 5% of the patients) and they want heroic surgeries that inflate the egos of the medical profession. They do not actually give a damn about actual health. I seriously wish I had died instead of getting healthier. No one will listen to me. No one respects me or takes me seriously. I'm just a woman and poor, so I couldn't possibly have a clue what I am talking about. My life remains in the toilet and I can't figure out how to help people completely for free who desperately need help. What is the point here? But you go debate who is "deserving" of Frankensteinian surgeries and who is not in your dystopian upper class world with someone other than me. It's not really the conversation I want to have. My time would be better spent trying to make a few bucks in hopes of squeaking by again this month. (Edited to remove gratuitous swearing. I am prone to using the F word like other people use "very".)
  - jdavis703 9y ago
    This is a forum for debate. We're allowed to have, and express opinions, and hopefully not have them misinterpreted, twisted and misrepresented. It sounds like you're going through some tough times, and I'm sorry for that, but that doesn't void anyone else's opinions or experiences.
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by Mz 9y ago

jdavis703 9y ago

Maybe this is a special case, but many people get frustrated with the rules for organ transplants. For example some lists forbid people over 80, those with morbid obesity, or those on long term medications from receiving transplants. There's a few arguments here, does it makes more sense to have organs go to the highest bidder, have a list of restrictions with prioritized recipients, or just accept everyone in on chronological and have them hope for the best?

Mz 9y ago
I am actually not a huge fan of organ transplants. I have fairly strong, incredibly unpopular views of them. I have a condition that accounts for a very high percentage of lung transplants. I have been getting myself well when the world says it cannot be done, while people dismiss me and call me crazy. I am a former homemaker. In a nutshell, I feel that organ transplants are not about the welfare of the patient. They are about doctors and scientists doing things that are cool and look heroic. If a pathetically poor divorced single mom with special needs kids can get healthier while homeless for nearly six years, surely this is not that hard a problem to solve. People just don't want real solutions. They want expensive as hell drugs (the news-making drug for my condition costs $300k annually for an incurable condition and it only works for about 5% of the patients) and they want heroic surgeries that inflate the egos of the medical profession. They do not actually give a damn about actual health. I seriously wish I had died instead of getting healthier. No one will listen to me. No one respects me or takes me seriously. I'm just a woman and poor, so I couldn't possibly have a clue what I am talking about. My life remains in the toilet and I can't figure out how to help people completely for free who desperately need help. What is the point here? But you go debate who is "deserving" of Frankensteinian surgeries and who is not in your dystopian upper class world with someone other than me. It's not really the conversation I want to have. My time would be better spent trying to make a few bucks in hopes of squeaking by again this month. (Edited to remove gratuitous swearing. I am prone to using the F word like other people use "very".)
- jdavis703 9y ago
  This is a forum for debate. We're allowed to have, and express opinions, and hopefully not have them misinterpreted, twisted and misrepresented. It sounds like you're going through some tough times, and I'm sorry for that, but that doesn't void anyone else's opinions or experiences.
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