How can you actively prevent it from getting worse—like starting now/today?

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

My mother has Alzheimer and it's costing us 15K/mo to care for her. She only has about a year of money left. She is in good physical health but mentally she is a toddler. her care costs are double my take home pay, so if her money runs out before she dies, i am screwed.

Nothing I can do about it. It's the American healthcare system. Some problems are totally outside of anyone's person control.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    15k/month is a lot. Really a lot.

    Have you considered the possibility of medical tourism, to say India? Any particular treatment/procedure that really requires you costly American doctors, and can't be done elsewhere?

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    it's not medical care. it's eldercare.

    that isn't how any of this works. You don't ship people off to other countries like they are cattle. Jesus.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Normal people (not just old people, young too) visit other cities/states/countries for treatment/education/work/tourism.

    None of that turns them into cattle (or Jesus), as far as I have seen.

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