• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The fact that a random paperwork error can keep a two year old from getting medical care is another reason we need more “for All” systems (e.g. Medicare for All)

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    I can only imagine the bureaucratic nightmare of fixing this. When my wife and I got married, she took my last name, and when she went to SS to change it, somehow they managed to change her birth-date in the system, as well. I think the antiquated system they were using at the time required the operator to re-type all her information and submit the new record to a DB. Anyway, we didn’t find out until the following year when we tried to file our taxes and it was rejected because her birth-date didn’t match the file. It took 2 months to get it fixed, and that was just a date that someone had fat-fingered.

  • hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I’m surprised they haven’t tried to deport her as “not a citizen”.

    I’m writing that as a joke, but it’s unbelievable how it isn’t as much of a joke as it should be.

  • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Looks like Ricky made it out of Sunnyvale finally and made it all the way to Nebraska. Still not learning from his past mistakes. Classic Ricky.