Sites such as GoFundMe and YouCaring are poised for a wave of medical appeals if Trumpcare leaves millions uninsured, and even if it doesn’t
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Swipe Right to Save a LifeApril 11, 2017 |
A chance meeting on a minibus in Costa Rica inspired a young American to start crowdfunding healthcare for people all over the world. So what happens when Silicon Valley meets some of the world’s poorest countries? Andrew Hankinson went to Haiti to find out
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With NGOs seen as a political threat, a volunteer initiative that links doctors and pharmacists with donors is funding much-needed healthcare
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Is It Fair to Ask the Internet to Pay Your Hospital Bill?March 12, 2015 |
The ethical issues that come with crowdfunded healthcare. “If we use crowdsourcing for healthcare costs as a way to replace what a good healthcare system might do, then we’re really creating a new health disparity,” said Margaret Moon, a bioethicist and professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
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Crowdfunding Medical BillsJanuary 23, 2013 |
Should those facing massive medical debts be encouraged to polish and present their saddest stories in a sort of online version of ‘Queen For a Day’?
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