I think that nearly *all* GoFundMe campaigns are tacky

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Be thankful you don't have health issue. It could be you one day. I'm on expensive medications. What should I do, just suffer?

PP is saying no to futile care and being honest with people when there’s no hope left. Also acknowledging that “trying anything” and hoping for a miracle is incredibly costly and can result in a lot of needless and ultimately futile suffering.

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

Wow. I have a former micro preemie. The thing is you have no idea what the future holds. My child is doing well now. Some learning distant, but smart and we expect college and for my child to be a contributing member of society.

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Be thankful you don't have health issue. It could be you one day. I'm on expensive medications. What should I do, just suffer?

PP is saying no to futile care and being honest with people when there’s no hope left. Also acknowledging that “trying anything” and hoping for a miracle is incredibly costly and can result in a lot of needless and ultimately futile suffering.

Any health issue could be considered that.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm weirded out by the ones for funerals. If you can't afford a funeral, then you need to cremate and do the cheapest thing possible. The person is dead - they won't care about what flower arrangement was there.

My father died last year and you would not believe the number of people who asked about donating to a GoFundMe for his widow (my mom). We never set one up, but he was a very loved man and people wouldn’t quit nagging about a GFM. My mom would never allow a GFM or donations in general, so people literally handed me checks and told me to use them for the funeral.

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Be thankful you don't have health issue. It could be you one day. I'm on expensive medications. What should I do, just suffer?

PP is saying no to futile care and being honest with people when there’s no hope left. Also acknowledging that “trying anything” and hoping for a miracle is incredibly costly and can result in a lot of needless and ultimately futile suffering.

Any health issue could be considered that.

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I mean why reserve the cruelty for only the preemies? We could save lots of money by not treating cancer, not feeding anyone with a brain injury or dementia, refusing dialysis for kidney patients. The options are endless.

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Well I have private health insurance. You're free to choose your own policy, but it sounds like what you want is just life insurance.

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Be thankful you don't have health issue. It could be you one day. I'm on expensive medications. What should I do, just suffer?

PP is saying no to futile care and being honest with people when there’s no hope left. Also acknowledging that “trying anything” and hoping for a miracle is incredibly costly and can result in a lot of needless and ultimately futile suffering.

Most preemies, even those as early as 23 weeks, are ready for kindergarten on time. It's hardly futile.

https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/news-stories/how-do-preemies-perform-in-school/

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My favorite similar story is the guy who started a Kickstarter to raise $10 to make some potato salad and ended up with over $70,000.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-potato-salad-guy-should-keep-every-penny

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Be thankful you don't have health issue. It could be you one day. I'm on expensive medications. What should I do, just suffer?

PP is saying no to futile care and being honest with people when there’s no hope left. Also acknowledging that “trying anything” and hoping for a miracle is incredibly costly and can result in a lot of needless and ultimately futile suffering.

Any health issue could be considered that.

+1

I mean why reserve the cruelty for only the preemies? We could save lots of money by not treating cancer, not feeding anyone with a brain injury or dementia, refusing dialysis for kidney patients. The options are endless.

Which is what happens in those utopian countries. They send you home with painkillers if you’re sick.

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Anonymous wrote:Having to beg for money from strangers for medical care or burials is the bread and butter of r/ABoringDystopia

The reality is that, even in those perfect Scandinavian countries, no one individual is getting millions of dollars worth of medical care for “free.” They just let people die instead.

Much better to ration health care by the ability to pay

+1. Don't even get me started on million dollar + NICU babies who go on to have a lifetime of medical issues that we (taxpayers) also pay for through Medicaid.

Yeah, who cares about babies anyway? Let the useless eaters die.

Yeah, who cares if they have any quality of life at all as long as we keep them alive to make their parents happy!!!

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

Its not "euthanasia" to NOT spend 7 figures to keep alive a baby that is the size of a human hand alive and will likely go on to experience a whole host of issues. THIS (among other things) is why health insurance is unaffordable in this country. Because we are routinely keeping 750 gram micropreemies alive.

https://www.oviahealth.com/guide/101068/micro-preemie/#:~:text=Micro%20preemies%20also%20face%20the,conditions%20like%20ADD%20and%20ADHD.

FFS. You're surrounded by people who were veery premature everyday. You just can't tell them apart from anyone else.

Okay well how about the people who want to pay for micro preemies pay into one health insurance pool and those of us who don't can pay into a different health insurance pool. Same for crazy expensive end of life care and cancer treatments that prolong someone's life by a month or two while making them very very sick. I'd like to be in the shared risk pool that DOESN'T pay for those things (and won't cover them for me or my loved ones either.)

Be thankful you don't have health issue. It could be you one day. I'm on expensive medications. What should I do, just suffer?

PP is saying no to futile care and being honest with people when there’s no hope left. Also acknowledging that “trying anything” and hoping for a miracle is incredibly costly and can result in a lot of needless and ultimately futile suffering.

Most preemies, even those as early as 23 weeks, are ready for kindergarten on time. It's hardly futile.

https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/news-stories/how-do-preemies-perform-in-school/

100% a friend had that micropremie and he's totally healthy, no issues.

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I was watching that 1,000 pound sisters show and I shudder at the money being spent on the one sister. She's been in a care facility for a YEAR. She has no means of making a living, she had the bariatric surgery, but then there's the skin surgery - it has to be millions on her, meanwhile there are kids in this country that can't see a dentist. I dunno. There has to be a limit somewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:I was watching that 1,000 pound sisters show and I shudder at the money being spent on the one sister. She's been in a care facility for a YEAR. She has no means of making a living, she had the bariatric surgery, but then there's the skin surgery - it has to be millions on her, meanwhile there are kids in this country that can't see a dentist. I dunno. There has to be a limit somewhere.

THIS. And the fact that we can’t discuss this, and micro preemies (which seem to get smaller each year and it’s praised like some medical achievement) and expensive treatment for terminal illnesses. We have to talk about it - it’s unaffordable and unattainable. Those that don’t see this have large employee heavily subsidized insurance, which still gets more expensive every year. It’s way more than inflation - our ACA plan with no changes went up 25% in a YEAR.

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Anonymous wrote:I was watching that 1,000 pound sisters show and I shudder at the money being spent on the one sister. She's been in a care facility for a YEAR. She has no means of making a living, she had the bariatric surgery, but then there's the skin surgery - it has to be millions on her, meanwhile there are kids in this country that can't see a dentist. I dunno. There has to be a limit somewhere.

THIS. And the fact that we can’t discuss this, and micro preemies (which seem to get smaller each year and it’s praised like some medical achievement) and expensive treatment for terminal illnesses. We have to talk about it - it’s unaffordable and unattainable. Those that don’t see this have large employee heavily subsidized insurance, which still gets more expensive every year. It’s way more than inflation - our ACA plan with no changes went up 25% in a YEAR.

Sure, those are extreme examples. But what you really want is to deny medical treatment to these outliers because you see it as somehow interfering with your own healthcare coverage. It's selfish.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm weirded out by the ones for funerals. If you can't afford a funeral, then you need to cremate and do the cheapest thing possible. The person is dead - they won't care about what flower arrangement was there.

My parents have pre-paid all of their funeral expenses. I plan to do the same.

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I worked with a woman who tragically became a widow very suddenly at about 32. She posted a Go FundMe immediately. She raised a ton of money on top of a large insurance payout. She retired and now posts nonstop pictures of herself on beaches and yachts.