• toomanypancakes@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I know all of my leave is relegated to medical care. Recently I got to stay home while hubs and some friends went to new Orleans because I didn’t have enough leave to go too. I’m pretty frickin burned out by now

    • Welt@lazysoci.al
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      2 days ago

      No judgement intended but your comment had me thinking “damn, how often must Americans get sick that this is such a problem?” Then I checked myself and realised I have been taking healthcare for granted, and it’s not health that we’re talking about really but time for being a human - collapsing when you just can’t and helping dependents or family when they do the same. This inhuman profit-driven system in your country is attempting to erode what it is to be a human. We’ll have to fight, unfortunately, but they will never win.