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LadyPact -> RE: Is every American is entitled to eat? (5/29/2017 6:46:15 AM)
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First, I want to thank those who answered my question. I have not looked it up in my city yet. All I know is, since schools have been letting out, I've been hearing commercials on the radio from the food banks to encourage people to donate more. If schools are still serving food, that's great for the kids who can actually get to the school. I would have to think there are at least some that can't.
I also have to put a word in here about the fact that summer also means that child care expenses go up. When school's not in session, parents with children ages 6-12 are going to have that cost increase, which is also money that might have been spent on food.
Hope nobody will mind. I wanted to say a word about this:
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
What about Military families relying on SNAP?
23,000 families the last I remember, 2013 numbers.
For those who didn't read that recent thread started in General about how people are privileged, one of my comments about it was that I'm absolutely privileged not paying for medical care. It doesn't sound like a privilege to people in the UK or Canada, but in the USA, it's a big deal. This was one of the swing factors that MP and I discussed when he had roughly 12 years in and we were looking at did he want to re-up. I am very much aware of what most middle income people pay for medical coverage through their employment, and personally, I think it's way too high. That's just your premiums. We're not even getting into things like co-pays for doctor visits, prescription costs, and heaven help you if someone has a catastrophic illness that requires hospitalization.
That 23,000 figure, from my observations, is probably correct. More often than not, anybody E-4 and below, where the military spouse is not employed, and we're talking about a family of four, they are probably going to qualify for food stamps. I don't even want to get into how many of those folks qualify for WIC.
The other side to this. It is ridiculously easy as hell for any person who is active duty, a military spouse, or a military dependent to access reproductive care. Motrin (800mg) is probably the most common thing dispensed for any little ache or pain that ails you. The second most common 'candy' (yes, they call it that) happens to be birth control pills. Uncle Sam will practically bend over backwards to make sure those little pink and green pills are available to anybody who asks for them. All it takes is one appointment at the OB-GYN clinic and then a trip to the pharmacy that is just down the hall. Tri-Care is practically the golden ticket.
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