Many Americans like myself struggle to find work even with advanced degrees, that pay enough to cover our medical expenses in part this is due to the fact that we are not allowed to hold certain jobs depending on our illness. However a large part of the issue is that those of us with many health issues are having to take unpaid time off of work for hospital visits that a hundreds of dollars more than we can afford.
This could be helped by requiring PTO be given for medical absences. And lowering the costs of medical care for emergency circumstances and patients who suffer from longterm illnesses.
There must be some way to help hard working Americans with disabilities thrive rather than survive.