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It’s insane to me that our absurd health care system has routed around insurance systems shortcomings by literally begging friends, family and strangers to help
by sircastor 5y ago
It’s insane to me that our absurd health care system has routed around insurance systems shortcomings by literally begging friends, family and strangers to help us afford basic living.
And the insurance companies are laughing all the way to bank.
- handrous 5y agoIt's an alarming sign of political and social rot, IMO, that this has become so normal that barely-computer-literate people out in my flyover part of the US regularly launch healthcare-related GoFundMes, if their kids get seriously ill especially, and there hasn't been an overwhelming "holy shit, this is very not OK, drop everything and fix this now" reaction.
- sangnoir 5y ago> It's an alarming sign of political and social rot For some people, charity replacing government social safety nets is a feature, not a bug, since they want to control where "their" money goes. Sure, it sucks when you're not photogenic[1] enough to hit your GoFundMe targets, but look at the bright side: we'd have avoided wasteful government spending. 1. Wink wink.
- sangnoir 5y agoGoFundMe healthcare is a fractal representative of hypercapitalism/Capitalism with American Characteristics: people use GoFundMe as a last resort while healthcare organizations make absurd profits, then you zoom in and realize GoFundMe is a for-profit that gets a cut of the donations.