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>“And one day Coretta Scott King called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids.”

There's so much going on under the surface of that sentence.

I thought for sure this was an onion article

"Family relies on generosity from others in order to not go into medical debt"

Not really uplifiting?

r/lostredditors

Wow! That is quite the connection! History is all around us!

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The story as a whole is uplifting with J Robert’s mother and the Kings helping each other.

The circumstances of each side needing the help in a society of unequal economic and racist constraints is of course not uplifting.

Of course not. Uplifting sentiment is frowned upon and will not be tolerated unless found in its purest form, a form as yet undefined by Reddit.

You know what else is news ... in most countries you don't have to pay to have kids in the hospital

I swear a story could get posted like "Girl who lost legs in accident gets cybernetic robot legs that she can feel and move like it's fucking magic holy shit"

And the comments on this sub are like "A LITTLE GIRL WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND LOST HER LEGS, HOW IS THIS UPLIFTING"

Like Jesus Christ how do these people enjoy anything in life

For some reason I feel like I had heard this somewhere else before a while ago

Bull shit. Julia Roberts is, what, 45? 50? In that time frame, Americans are still having their lives ruined due to debt and in stead of doing anything about it, we pat ourselves on the back over "feel good" stories like this. We should all be outraged, where's the fucking anger?

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On the other subs where that sort of thing is more appropriate. This sub is here to give people a break from thinking about all the negatives. Nobody's forcing you to be here.

She shows class by keeping this hidden all these years.A lot of people would have carried on about this for years for some type of clout.

Man puts out fire he started, only 2 of the 5 inhabitants are dead.

Not really an uplifting story, is it. Seems like there should be some threshold for what counts as uplifting

I'm not sure what point you're trying to illustrate by making up that example. I'm just saying that if you're determined to be miserable, there are plenty of other subs to go do that on.

Given that it is bad that people get trapped in medical debt, it is uplifting to hear of a family that was not.

Aim for the mountaintop, celebrate each tiny step.

Yes you do! Nothing is free

Am Canadian, my wife gave birth last year. No bill was sent to us. Nothing to pay out of pocket. It’s all paid through our taxes.

My point is: despite your gate keeping that nobody is allowed to point out a lack of "uplifting" news, there is in fact an understood threshold of what's actually uplifting. We'd both agree that my example would not fit this sub, in simply arguing that the julia Roberts story doesn't either

While technically not "free", I'd still rather my tax dollars go to funding my medical bills, roadways, and general public health instead of lining the pockets of people who refuse to help anyone but themselves.

Yes. So you paid for it... Don't worry you'll understand how taxes work one day

I just explained how we pay it through our taxes and we don’t have to expect a bill when we need treatment. Don’t worry, you’ll understand how to read one day ;)

Did you know that Americans pay more per capita in taxes for healthcare than Canadians, Brits, the French or Germans? Then we add premiums, deductibles and co-pays on top of that.

Yeah, but that's misleading because most of those taxes come from employer companies paying it, not individual taxes.

Paying for it to the hospital and to taxes is the same thing essentially. Do you not understand that? You're paying for it either way

No it’s not.

Directly would be incredibly expensive per individual. Through taxes it’s collectively paid. That’s the biggest difference.

People reference their healthcare services as « free » because they don’t have to pay out of pocket.

I'm an American. No, unfortunately he won't. Being willfully ignorant is seen as a badge of honor to one side of the political spectrum here.

Jeez someone is in for a rude awakening. You collectively all pay a giant sum. You personally pay a one person sized slice of that sum. Then when you go to the hospital you use a one person size slice of that giant sum. That is not a different cost than going to the hospital and paying a one person size slice to them

Tell us some shit we don't know

That is 100% irrelevant. Do you think the NHS taxes are all from private citizens? The fact is our system is so fucked that even though more is paid per capita in taxes alone we have significantly worse outcomes. That is ignoring all the personal funds we pay after taxes, from whatever source, have already been paid.

Am Australian, I gave birth 2 years ago and paid nothing. Everything including check ups and scans were free. Plus Australian pay about 5 percentage points above the US on average income.