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Politics : President Kamala Harris
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To: Rarebird who wrote (4655)11/12/2024 10:53:37 AM
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Yes, I am half blind and pretty sick overall, and Trump will make it much harder for people like me to apply for disability when inevitably a recession hits. I will be left to go fully blind and die off because of his policies. As a leftie I support policies that don’t leave the poor the old and the sick to take care of themselves. What happens to poor people when recession hits? Do they collect welfare? Nope, they go off health insurance and die. I have a disease that will make me fully blind without a job that covers health insurance because the cost of keeping my vision without insurance is prohibitively high.

Going low central vision like 20/70 best corrected means you can’t read or drive but you don’t automatically qualify because 20/200 best corrected visual acuity is required. With 20/70 BCVA I won’t even be able to apply for disability on my own. Currently I can read and drive but I am 6 years away from early retirement, more than enough time to die off.

I am not responsible for the disease similar to wet macular degeneration which is genetic in my case and affects both eyes not equally. I am a one eye reader and driver. The other eye shot down to 20/400 best corrected visual acuity, would be fully legally blind. To explain clearly, when I extend my hand and hold 2 fingers the bad eye can’t distinguish them. Treatment brought the bad eye back to 20/100 best corrected,
still not enough to qualify for legal blindness but more than enough to not be able to work.
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