URGENT #MutualAid #MedicalDebt

If you can, please donate something to author Piper J. Drake's GFM for medical expenses. If you are in the U.S., you know how ruinous this is. If you are not, please read the post. Either way, give what you can--no amount is too small--and share the link.

Remember: tip ZERO--GFM charges fees from the donations, you don't need to give them more money at the expense of people already struggling to raise enough money to pay their bills.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-author-fight-cancer-so-she-can-finish-her-book

Y'all. I have been digging into this whole #facilityfee #HospitalFee thing that doctors offices are now charging.

Apparently it's become common practice across all #medical specialties, and here, the Texas Hospital Association, a lobbying firm paid for by Hospital Corporations, has spent millions and millions of dollars making sure we keep paying it. Every state has their own lobbying firm.

The lobby argues that without outpatient fees, hospitals would close, despite somehow being able to operate *before* private equity got involved.

Let's look at #Baylor Scott White. A theoretically non-profit org. They have over 20 executives being paid millions a year in salary and bonus. They have ex-executives they're still paying a million+ a year.

I'm saying I'm pretty sure they could remove facility fees from outpatient offices and make the budget work by trimming some executive fat.

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463131350

For fairness, the THA: https://www.tha.org/issues/facility-fees/

#healthcare #MedicalDebt #US

First world problems: I finally got an appointment with a pain specialist who writes prescriptions instead of suggesting massage for autoimmune arthritis. Hooray! He practices out of a major medical complex that includes a hospital. I just got an email telling me that I was going to owe a $325 Hospital Fee. This is not the doctor's fee, this isn't for any testing, this is a fee for parking in the same area as a hospital.

What. And I do not say this lightly; The Actual FUCK?

#US #MedicalDebt #BugFuckInsanity

‘Out of Funds.’ The Van Der Beek GoFundMe Hit $2.5M. Commenters Point to the $4.76M Ranch Bought About a Month Before His Death

The GoFundMe for James Van Der Beek’s widow and six children is now deep into seven figures. The…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/396271/

Inside of @pluralistic ‘s latest is this gem. A site that helps qualified people get #MedicalDebt forgiveness. It’s far from a panacea to our dysfunctional #healthcare system, but for individuals and families it could be a life (or bankruptcy) saver.

https://dollarfor.org/

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/22/optimized-for-unoptimization/#dystopia-of-rules

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