Most of the people over 65 have their medical bills paid for by the State. Take that away, and all heck will break loose.
We don't have the money to pay for it. Either on the family scale or the State scale, we don't have the money.
I will take my parents in, and my mother in law. That is my duty, and I will sacrafice to do it. But take a good, hard, look around and ask how many can or will do that? There are a good many nearing that 65 mark who are taking care of their parents, and their kids.
And the charities are a in a bad spot. Since the State has taken over the role, most charities function as an arm of the State. Look at the religious adoption agencies (those that remain), or what has happened to the religious medical institutions. They are more and more secular, to the point they have to act like a state agency not a religious institution.
It will be much worse than in the 30’s.
——But take a good, hard, look around and ask how many can or will do that?-——
There won’t be any non-violent alternatives.(I can foresee violence in the cities, if the collapse is rapid.)
I think we’ll be better off than in the ‘30s, simply because medicine has improved so much since then. Heroic, life-extending measures will most likely be unaffordable, but they didn’t exist at all during the depression.
Overall, I see a return of the family clan, largely for the good of society.