Elon Musk Issues Major Social Security Warning

[Akoto]

11. I'm legally disabled and receive benefits in accordance with that ruling.

So, suffice to say, this stuff scares the crap out of me.

I receive SSI and Medicaid. It's a three digit sum to live off of monthly, but more importantly, the Medicaid helps me to get medications otherwise out of reach to assist with making my disability tolerable to live with. It ensures that I do not go into sudden withdrawal after taking these meds (yes, it happens with non-narcotic meds) and face a crisis of survival.

The unfortunate part is that, as I have been reading it, they intend to try and pass these cuts in the overall budget and so obfuscate the consequences from the people. They would endeavor to stop this action from being confronted by the AGs who have been working so hard lately, the judges who have taken stands, and so on. It'd get down to Congress saying no, and I hope they do on the bipartisan level. If people start losing their Social Security and medical benefits, they will very quickly wake up to what's happening and a lot of folks in the midterms will find themselves without constituents.

It's getting to the time of year where I see my specialists, and I've considered asking them to please come up with plans to wean me off of my medications due to the threats to Medicaid (among other programs). I can't imagine what my life would become, but there's a possibility that I won't have one if support suddenly goes dark.