A New York woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase million of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help. Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical debt of others and destroy it as a way of celebrating her life.

RIP, goodhearted woman.

America, if you’d vote for change, this wouldn’t be necessary. The US is the only developed country where this is commonplace.

  • ShunkW@lemmy.world
    1416·
    1 year ago

    You’re not wrong that the Republicans wanna go back to the 1850s nowadays. But Democrats campaign on Medicare for all and single payer with no intent to ever implement it. It’s a popular idea, but would hurt their bottom line if they ever actually did anything about it.

    And our system is rigged against anyone not running as either party, so…

    • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
      172·
      1 year ago

      My guy 4 years took us from MC4A being fringe to every primary candidate having their own pitch for it from just doing medicare but without the age floor to complete abolition of private medicine.

      The reason it hasn’t happened yet is because the demographic that’s most vocal for it is also the one that has to be dragged to the polls kicking and screaming to actually flipping vote for it.

      • ShunkW@lemmy.world
        411·
        1 year ago

        I don’t believe a single mainstream Democrat would ever stop taking donations in order to actually implement it. I’ll still vote for the lesser of two evils until something changes with our bullshit system. Doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it

    • guacupado@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 year ago

      Obama literally passed the best we’ve gotten in a while, and that was with Republicans blocking every possible detail they could. Stop trying to imply both sides are the same.