# What are your thoughts on GoFundMe campaigns for medical costs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-gofundme-campaigns-for-medical-costs/941564>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-gofundme-campaigns-for-medical-costs/941564 "2021-05-07T02:12:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-gofundme-campaigns-for-medical-costs/941564/21 "2021-05-09T01:42:40Z")

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> [@Icarus](#):
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> For me, it was to make sure there was an “O” in _Headcount_ .

I once accidentally instructed visitors to our org’s webpage to lick here for more information.

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**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-gofundme-campaigns-for-medical-costs/941564/22 "2021-05-09T02:03:12Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> (BTW, you have a significant typo in your first sentence.)

Oops. Too late to fix. I guess we’ll just have to chuckle.

> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> I’m generally against accelerationism. When I see someone express an accelerationist attitude, I generally hope it’s a nothing more than a brief thought experiment of “how can I make good things come faster”,

I think you’re accurately describing my thought process, though I have never heard that term.

Where does personal responsibility enter into the equation? I have no idea what my former colleague’s insurance situation is, but I do know – given her profession – that she has access to employer sponsored insurance. She is married, but I don’t know what he does or if he has access to insurance for his family. In my lengthy time with the same employer, I know that we were encouraged to buy insurance for things that health insurance didn’t cover. I never bought that insurance, but I knew it was available and I understood the risk of passing it up.

However, thank you all for the conversation and thank you for offering your perspectives. The bottom line is that I do hope that she gets better and is able to return to the classroom and continue to be an effective teacher for our community. I will be making a contribution to her GoFundMe.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-gofundme-campaigns-for-medical-costs/941564/23 "2021-05-09T04:09:21Z")

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Without that “l,” the phrase “public library” sounds like it’d be a sex crime-oriented DNA database on CSI.

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