• StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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    “In the wake of this loss, Kimberly and the children are facing an uncertain future,” the GoFundMe page reads. “The costs of James’s medical care and the extended fight against cancer have left the family out of funds. They are working hard to stay in their home and to ensure the children can continue their education and maintain some stability during this incredibly difficult time.

    What an uncivilized shithole of a country. Civilized countries have single payer health insurance.

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        Either I’ve seen this type of thing before when he first went public, or it’s been some other famous person needing to do similar. Could be both, honestly. Leads to the same problem. Even money can’t save you in this kind of crooked system.

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          He already auctioned off a lot of his Dawson’s Creek memorabilia to pay his medical costs.

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      Good lord, you godless communists never think of other people! What about shareholder value?!

      But seriously, as an older person, I hope I go quickly and quietly.

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      He left 6 kids behind. At the end, he had to have been thinking that if he knew he’d blow all of his money, and still die anyway, his family would have been better off if he had just committed suicide when he first got the news.

      That’s what I’d be thinking. That’s the kind of shithole medical care we get in this country, because both parties think it’s more important to use our health as a weapon to manipulate us.