You know, speaking of places not to live when you're old and poor, America is sadly going down that path as well. Republicans are cutting healthcare and are also planning to cut social security and meals on wheels, programs which all benefit the poor, sick, elderly and disabled.
Poor baby boomers and the privileges their comfortable post-war economy lives have brought them!
Column: Trump's budget and GOP health care bill will hurt older Americans | PBS NewsHour
Sadly that could change today, as the House votes on the American Health Care Act, which would repeal most of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and if that happens, it would wipe away the Medicaid expansion which would cover 14 million people. In addition, Trump is also supporting a bill that would remove a key Medicare funding source, which means that part of Medicare's fund would go insolvent earlier and Medicare would have to pay less to providers for senior healthcare. The Republicans are adamant that they're not cutting Medicare, just cutting its funding by a few billion and removing coverage for a couple million people.
Really unfortunate to hear but we'll just have to see how it goes.
if person surrender to despair, eventually attempt to suicide.
I'm sure that it is a sh*t place, if you're old, poor, and alone.
what strikes me, though, is that families are much more willing to take care of their eldest members here than they are back in the US. We put people in old folks' homes and don't think much of it. Here, they seem to keep everyone at home as long as they can. I find it very respectful.