Did all of that abuse suddenly change in 2015?
Good question. As a nurse who has worked for 30 years ( nearing retirement) this population of people in my opinion has increased. You will not believe how many people who are in the hospital are on Medicaid in my area. The statistics in my state show the majority of children are on Medicaid, which means the parents are on Medicaid , too. The problem lists of these patients are identical , all problems due to lifestyle choices. The patients are mainly white. I think the downturns in the economy has made an ever increasing white underclass of people. There was a book , and I cannot remember the tittle, which is about this issue. The book discusses the fact that blue collar, middle income jobs are disappearing ( in my area that would be logging) and the white middle class is sinking. Those people who are not in the labor force are now involved with drugs, etc.
The problem has been increasing since the early 2000s
[[this population of people in my opinion has increased.]]
Exactly- many people overlook this fact- also of fact is the fact that many folks lost their jobs under obama- and many turned to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism- which lead to more deaths and serious health conditions- After years of living homeless, looking for jobs but not finding any- many folks died- homeless- drug addicted- too ka few years of being under the abysmal obama regime to happen- but it happened-