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I'm sick all the time, that's why in my "idealized world"...
I just came from the pharmacy with a bag of meds, paid with... we have these plastic cards stamped with "Social Security" and our ID on them, worked just fine... right after going to get an echocardiogram... where I made the mistake of asking the receptionist where to go, he just told me to scan the barcode at this machine at the entrance, which directed me where to go and spit out a turn slip (turn 1, oh well, they didn't seem to have many echocardiograms scheduled today)... and then had to take the bus, there is this other plastic ID card I have to touch to the scanner on entry, good thing it's a city bus so disabled people get to ride for free.
By the way, also got my disability check today, which went straight to bills, and a bit onto a prepaid card in case I must pay something unexpected without having to ask a social worker for help. Setting some aside would be fun, I have some ways to invest it in case some month there's too much left.
Guess I forgot to mention I live in the 1st world... but honestly, if I lived anywhere else, I'd trust currency even less.
(PS, the metamizole seems to be kicking in, so time to go take out the trash before I'm stuck back in bed)