America’s NoFundMe Healthcare System | America Dissected [Video]

Millions of Americans go without healthcare every year. Many of them turn to crowdfunding to support their needs. Abdul reflects on what that says about how we think about one another. Then he interviews Prof. Nora Kenworthy, author of the new book “Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare” about who wins, who loses, and how we build a healthcare system where Americans don’t need to crowdfund.

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00:00 – Using GoFundMe to crowdfund healthcare costs
04:21 – Interview start with Prof. Nora Kenworthy
10:13 – Manufactured stigma and shame in asking for help
17:33 – Ad break
18:30 – Jim’s story
25:03 – The original way to crowdfund healthcare: medicare for all
33:12 – Ad break
34:40 – Is there a way we can address the failures in crowdfunding?
43:35 – Conclusion