GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now | Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.

our leaders have no interest in fixing it.

Only half right. Half our leaders are actively working to dismantle it faster

That's what you get for not being born rich. Maybe next time you'll make a better decision vis a vis your parentage.

Oh, but we have "the best healthcare system in the world" and "the waiting times are so long in Canada."

I had to wait a year to get an appointment with a neurologist after my old neurologist retired. A year.

America.

A second orphan crushing machine, and your job is to make sure neither of them every stop for any reason. Think of the shareholders!!!!!

Honestly, health care co-ops (basically a perpetual GoFundMe) are starting to look better all the time. I almost considered it a few years ago when I had really crap insurance. The scary part is that they're not really regulated and if they just decide not to pay because _____ you really have no recourse unless you know a lawyer willing to work for free (because you pretty much wouldn't join a co-op if you had money for health insurance).

Brennan is an absolute treasure.