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I'm not going to claim I know anything about you. I currently have indigent healthcare -- full coverage, no deductible -- which is really fucking weird in Texas, but I digress.
The one-time cost of moving to where you'll be able to get that $500/month erased is likely taken care of in half a year.
i have $0 money saved and struggle to keep money past five days of each paycheck. i am supporting myself and my partner on one income in the non-profit sector (meaning i'm even more underpaid than usual). i can't move at the moment, but even if i could, the job i have right now is ideal and i would prefer to keep it. i have struggled my entire life to find a job i could be stable in, so this is exceptionally rare for me.
The job you're in doesn't let you support yourself to a standard where you can prolong your life. No matter how much you love it, it's literally killing you.
the thing is, it does let me support myself. i cannot hold down a job. i have severe mental illness that has interfered for my almost twenty year work history and being able to take care of myself has proved difficult without financial stability. this job, somehow, has what i need to be able to function. i’ve never had this before. i can’t let this one go. i just got it a few months ago.
while the medication i’m on will prevent my life from being shortened by my disease, it isn’t a death sentence when i go off it. it feels like i am trading 15-25 years of my life for being able to work. some would call that reasonable and “a part of life.”
Your severe mental illness might qualify you for disability! That could help with getting the medication covered.
unfortunately i have already went through filing for federal disability. i could not meet their requirements.
I stayed in my field more than a decade too long. You think supporting a family is tough at a nonprofit? Try doing it on copyeditor wages! With zero stability!