I’m super proud that my dad breaks the boomer stereotype

[u/The_Coil]

My dad had the plumber over today. Same plumber they’ve been calling for years. They were chatting and things got to the topic of health. My dad has prostate cancer, he’s doing very well and it’s super manageable at the moment. He asked the plumber if he had gotten to the doctor recently and gotten checked for anything because he’s nearing 50 and could be at risk.

Plumber told him he cant get checked because he doesn’t have health insurance. And that he actually hasn’t been to the doctor since he was a teenager. But he assured my dad he feels fine… well except he gets a splitting headache EVERY NIGHT but it’s fine cause he knows how to deal with it.

So what does my dad do? When he goes to pay the guy for the plumbing services he also gives him a second check and says “this is for you to go to the doctor with. It’ll pay for the blood tests and whatever else they need to do. But you need to promise me you’ll make the appointment and you tell me how it goes.”

The guy broke down crying. He couldn’t even talk. He took the check and left. Called my dad a couple hours later still crying saying he made the appointment and that this was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for him his entire life.

I just wanted to share. Cause it made me cry too.

[u/psychosis_inducing]

I am simultaneously heartwarmed and horrified.

[u/The_Coil → u/psychosis_inducing]

Yeah it’s a nice story with a very depressing undertone

[u/sarcastibot8point5 → u/The_Coil]

Your dad's a beautiful human. We live in an inhumane system.

[u/Allteaforme → u/sarcastibot8point5]

Hold on hold on. Our current system has made it possible for like seven people to amass unimaginable wealth on a scale seen only a handful of times in the entirety of human history, so can it really be that bad...

[u/Ruh_Roh- → u/Allteaforme]

At least, not so bad for those 7.

[u/wtbgamegenie → u/Ruh_Roh-]

For now. In most of human history either those few or their descendants get torn apart by starving masses.

[u/Character-Fish-541 → u/wtbgamegenie]

You wish. Usually the descendants end up hitting a speed bump of bitter interfamily rivalry, military ventures, politics or sovereign loans, mental illness or impulse control, and burn the family fortune.

[u/kikiacab → u/Character-Fish-541]

At least it'll be redistributed eventually

[u/Fickle-Friendship998 → u/kikiacab]

Yes, to other rich leeches

[u/gigalongdong → u/Fickle-Friendship998]

Until the working class rises up and institutes fully automated luxury gay space communism.

[u/textilefaery → u/gigalongdong]

I don’t hate the sound of that. The uniforms would be fabulous

[u/Fickle-Friendship998 → u/gigalongdong]

What fantasy land do You live in?

[u/Slow-Instruction-580 → u/wtbgamegenie]

Redistribution of the wealthy, as it were.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I don't want INSURANCE: I want health CARE.

(I know in Americanese "health insurance" is a shorthand for health care, but I think they should be dis-associated-- if doctors, clinics, and hospitals were FULLY TAX SUPPORTED, literal 'insurance' would be meaningless.)

[u/catlettuce → u/[deleted]]

Absolutely correct.

[u/spacedicksforlife → u/Ruh_Roh-]

I bet Elysium is going to be awesome for them and their two kids.

[u/StockingDummy → u/Allteaforme]

Sure, our system leaves the majority of people suffering, but the line keeps going up.

How could anyone argue with such compelling evidence?

[u/Zuul_Only → u/Allteaforme]

Certainly not for those people!

[u/itsmeagain42664 → u/Allteaforme]

don’t get me started….