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Mar. 29th, 2022 04:44 pmSome Starbucks workers forgo paychecks to access IVF treatments
I respect the people I know who have gone on that journey - it's hard and heartbreaking and expensive. they have the most wanted and planned for children in the world, and that included a plan for the future.
this article has been living rent-free in my head all day. it has a weird-ass POV that really rubs me the wrong way. yes, the US healthcare system is bullshit and regressive. but i can't wave my wand and disappear it.
so what I'm getting from this story is that a couple desperate to have a biological child did what they had to do...but where the fuck are they going to get money to cover the costs of actually raising that child? and they say they want more. i think i'm kind of mad at Starbucks for enabling them.
the article makes note that her state doesn't require fertility treatment be part of health insurance. I think I'm supposed to be upset about the injustice of that - AITA if I think society does not owe anyone a biological child?
I respect the people I know who have gone on that journey - it's hard and heartbreaking and expensive. they have the most wanted and planned for children in the world, and that included a plan for the future.
this article has been living rent-free in my head all day. it has a weird-ass POV that really rubs me the wrong way. yes, the US healthcare system is bullshit and regressive. but i can't wave my wand and disappear it.
- she got a job to pay for IVF. that's what she did. her entire paycheck and more going to subsidized insurance is not functionally different from manually saving her entire paycheck to pay for the IVF and borrowing extra except that she would have to work more and come up with even more money because health insurance payment is pre-tax and there's no interest charged. (she also chose the most expensive health plan because they couldn't front a $1000 deductible. Vimes' boots theory in action.)
- they couldn't get a loan to pay for IVF because they're not creditworthy and they need to pay down existing debt. (see above, re: no interest.)
- it doesn't sound like she left a better job for the IVF benefits. and based on the timeline in the article she quit as soon as she knew it took.
so what I'm getting from this story is that a couple desperate to have a biological child did what they had to do...but where the fuck are they going to get money to cover the costs of actually raising that child? and they say they want more. i think i'm kind of mad at Starbucks for enabling them.
the article makes note that her state doesn't require fertility treatment be part of health insurance. I think I'm supposed to be upset about the injustice of that - AITA if I think society does not owe anyone a biological child?
