Cancer part II (Go Fund Me Added)

[jlu52]

God bless and protect you, Sammy. I've added a donation to your fund. You got this, pal.

 

[oldrover]

The fact that folks have to rely on GoFundMe is a tragedy.

It’s no tragedy. Sometimes people need help unexpectedly. It’s a wonderful way to support those for whom you care.

This, OTOH...



...well, yeah.

 

[primetime]

It’s no tragedy. Sometimes people need help unexpectedly. It’s a wonderful way to support those for whom you care.

This, OTOH...



...well, yeah.

People shouldn't have to rely on the charity of strangers to not end up in dire financial straits because of a medical emergency. That doesn't make me any less willing to donate, I just wish it was the case that we lived in a world where Sammy didn't need to ask.

 

[Joker]

I'm glad we live in a world when a complete stranger can reach out in a community like ours and get an enthusiastic response.I don't look at it as if life "should be" or "shouldn't be". There is only life. You live it and respond within your own moral paradigm as the clock ticks down to the great unknown.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

There are no words to express how overwhelmed I am.

THANK YOU

 

[SammyBlueCat]

OK! MY campaign appears on two sites including this one (you can guess which one the other is) and I emailed a very small number of friends. PATSFANS are kicking butt!!!

 

[dannydyn]

Done! Godspeed!

 

[Pape]

Got it done today. Best of luck Sammy.

 

[oldrover]

OK! MY campaign appears on two sites including this one (you can guess which one the other is) and I emailed a very small number of friends. PATSFANS are kicking butt!!!

I don’t know much about this... is there a penalty if you don’t hit your goal? What happens? Anything? Sorry for my boomer ignorance.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

I don’t know much about this... is there a penalty if you don’t hit your goal? What happens? Anything? Sorry for my boomer ignorance.

I do not believe that to be the case.

 

[Ross12]

I do not believe that to be the case.

Looks like you’ve just passed your goal recently so you don’t need to worry about that

 

[BTTA]

OK! MY campaign appears on two sites including this one (you can guess which one the other is) and I emailed a very small number of friends. PATSFANS are kicking butt!!!

Tell the people on that other site that we Patsfans dare them to show up like we have.

Glad you made the goal!

 

[Ring 6]

People shouldn't have to rely on the charity of strangers to not end up in dire financial straits because of a medical emergency. That doesn't make me any less willing to donate, I just wish it was the case that we lived in a world where Sammy didn't need to ask.

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[Ring 6]

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There are no words to express how overwhelmed I am.

THANK YOU

290 over goal as of now. Please, please Sammy if additional expense or lost income occurs, let us know. We are here for you.
Now go show cancer who the boss is!!

 

[resdubwhite]

Threw a few dollars in yesterday. Go beat this

 

[primetime]

He needed to ask because he is out of work for an extended period of time. Basically if our country had a practice in place where people in such a position get full pay, the result would be that everyone makes less money to compensate. You can’t find extra dollars for a policy without taking them from somewhere else.

But I'm fine with that, buttercup.

 

[BTTA]

He needed to ask because he is out of work for an extended period of time. Basically if our country had a practice in place where people in such a position get full pay, the result would be that everyone makes less money to compensate. You can’t find extra dollars for a policy without taking them from somewhere else.
What our society has done to cover for this inevitability is a few hundred people with the means voluntarily (and gladly) absorbed that hit, banded together in an It’s a Wonderful Life fashion and chipped in to get Sammy made whole.
It’s a terrific statement about our society, not a condemnation of the world we live in.

We'll have differing opinions on this all day across the hundreds of posters here. I'm going with "both."

On the one hand, anything which brings out generosity is a good thing. It provides warm and fuzzies, and contributes to a better society as well.

Plus, of the 35,000,000,000 people who have lived since civilization began, Sammy's in an elite place in terms of health care and material well being. He's having a serious disease treated, and has a good likelihood of coming out of it healthy, and will have food and shelter in the process.

On the other hand, with literally hundreds of thousands of Americans declaring bankruptcy annually due to medical costs, most of them with employer sponsored plans, we shouldn't let our personal experience here create a myopic conclusion that Sammy's experience here is the norm. A tiny portion of those folks get resolution to their issue through charity and goodwill, and most will experience a severe drop in health care quality as a result. We've got a systemic problem we need to fix, also highlights that we have a problem with our ability to fix problems.

 

[Ring 6]

We'll have differing opinions on this all day across the hundreds of posters here. I'm going with "both."

On the one hand, anything which brings out generosity is a good thing. It provides warm and fuzzies, and contributes to a better society as well.

Plus, of the 35,000,000,000 people who have lived since civilization began, Sammy's in an elite place in terms of health care and material well being. He's having a serious disease treated, and has a good likelihood of coming out of it healthy, and will have food and shelter in the process.

On the other hand, with literally hundreds of thousands of Americans declaring bankruptcy annually due to medical costs, most of them with employer sponsored plans, we shouldn't let our personal experience here create a myopic conclusion that Sammy's experience here is the norm. A tiny portion of those folks get resolution to their issue through charity and goodwill, and most will experience a severe drop in health care quality as a result. We've got a systemic problem we need to fix, also highlights that we have a problem with our ability to fix problems.

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[BTTA]

This is what’s wrong with our political discourse. Bankruptcy IS a fix to the problem. We literally have a law that’s says that people who can’t pay their medical bills can go to court and have them legally erased. Those people do not pay their medical bills. Politicians speak like it’s a penalty on the person to have their debt legally erased. Its not, it’s the solution to their being unable to afford their bill.

OK, that's one view.
Bankruptcy is an insanely difficult and wasteful process. I'd rather not design health care with it as a core element. It sets people's lives back permanently, and not everyone has access to it.

 

[Ring 6]

OK, that's one view.
Bankruptcy is an insanely difficult and wasteful process. I'd rather not design health care with it as a core element. It sets people's lives back permanently, and not everyone has access to it.

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