@breadandcircuses it was really shocking to me to find out that Florida doesn’t get the same federal benefits that people in other states get. Like when we had the extra pandemic snap benefits, people in Florida didn’t get that. People in FL don’t get real medicaid. As a disabled person living in Florida before I qualified for Medicare, they gave me medically vulnerable Medicaid, which means it only kicked in after I paid $1000 out of pocket per month. Yep, I had a $1000 a month #deductible with #Florida#Medicaid. At the time my #disability payment was only a couple hundred dollars more than that, so I didn’t have $1000 after I paid rent. So basically I didn’t have insurance unless I ended up in the hospital with a huge bill. So it makes sense there would be more people living in poverty in places like that.