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I’m curious, what happens to such patients in USA, when they have no one and no funding?

• solardev 3y ago
  They just live out lonely existences in cheap apartments or trailer parks under government assistance if they can get it, or freeze to death on the streets if they can't. In the USA we don't really care about our poor citizens; if you don't have money you're basically invisible and disposable and the most the middle class and up will care about is making sure you're not in their neighborhoods. Out of sight, out of mind. I'm friends or family of several elderly people and it's really not a pretty existence at all. Basically you just work if you can, combine it with some government assistance, and eke out as much of a living as you can until you die. Seeing them in these situations makes me really not want to grow old in the USA.
  • aborsy 3y ago
    It’s kinda scary. I’m not sure if it will be much better in other countries, given the growing aging population. If one is unlucky and the process isn’t fast, it could be terrible. I can only hope it will end in less than 6 months, from the loss of independence.
    • solardev 3y ago
      Yeah =/ I always think of those commercials for that suicide pill (Quietus?) in that movie Children of Men... the only retirement I'll be able to afford (maybe), lol.