Dying woman’s last wish: to pay off others’ medical debt – $15m worth
Dying woman’s last wish: to pay off others’ medical debt – $15m worth
www.theguardian.com
Dying woman’s last wish: to pay off others’ medical debt – $15m worth
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Now this "uplifting" story really has it all. Death, loss, a system of injustice and the sense that even if successful after all is done it will not even address a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the outstanding medical debt.
The only thing more "uplifting" about this would be that one country keeps thinking these stories are not keeping people up at night.
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Dying woman's last wish is to raise US medical profit by 15m?
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The medical companies already sold the debt to debt servicing companies. It’s the debt collectors who are profiting, or (more likely) taking less of a loss on bad debt.
Also, they didn’t pay USD$15 million. They paid $150,000 to buy $15 million of debt at a penny on the dollar.
The organization that does this acknowledges that it’s a stopgap in the face of the human rights nightmare that is the USA’s healthcare system. It’s palliative care or harm reduction but not a long-term solution.
Medicare for all.
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The orphan crushing machine isn't going to feed itself.
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As of late Friday morning, her campaign with the New York-based nonprofit had raised nearly $140,000 of her $150,000 goal, amid a climate in which an estimated 100 million Americans are saddled with a total of about $195bn in medical debt.
The US does not offer a universal healthcare system for its citizens.
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I think that's supposed to be !aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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Thanks!
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Ah, the good ol orphan crushing machine
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I was looking for this for so long. Thanks
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Hey campaign site shows they're at $277k now. That may be CAD. 😬
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As a Canadian I agree...for now at least. We'll see in 5 years.
Join us in Alberta, we're dismantling it now!
Note: I am not a fan of the dismantling.