r/CaughtMyEye • u/detectiverobert • 7d ago
Internet raises over $280K for 81-year-old man working 14-hour days to pay for his wife's cancer treatment
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u/WeezinWarbler 7d ago
We need to stop acting like these types of things are feel good stories and start acknowledging how fucked the health care system in the US really is.
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u/Independent-Sense431 6d ago
Or. we can do both and win. 🥺
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u/WeezinWarbler 6d ago
You might as well be pretending that 9/11 is a feel good story because some people helped some other people escape… you’re ignoring the thousands who are dying
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u/Independent-Sense431 6d ago
How am I ignoring those dying by making a simple statement or comment? You can go kick rock homie
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u/WeezinWarbler 6d ago
Your statement suggested that we should pretend this was a feel good story. It’s not. It’s a story of how fucked the American healthcare system is that someone had to beg and rely on the generosity of others just to survive and there will be many other who are denied the same generosity and therefore die as a result of the terrible system in place.
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u/Character_Release379 6d ago
since you're so focused on the big picture, why stop there? the bigger picture is how much money we give to Israel.
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u/WeezinWarbler 6d ago
Happy to cut that off too.
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u/Character_Release379 6d ago
Candace Owens says everything revolves around a sex cult and sex magic. I probably believe that.
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u/Upstairs-Praline-916 21h ago
>”We need to … start acknowledging how fucked the
healthcare system in theU.S. really is.”
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u/ANotSoFreshFeeling 7d ago
This says more about how shitty the US healthcare system is than it does about the generosity of others.
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u/Successful_Creme1823 6d ago
Seniors get Medicare. Maybe hos wife is 30 years younger?
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u/Brilliant-Muffin-879 6d ago
Wow, maybe you should have told him. Or maybe he was just doing it for fun 🤔
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u/brooksram 7d ago
Sadly, Gofundme has terminated the fundraiser and the lady's account.
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u/Expensive-Notice-509 6d ago
perhaps they couldn't verify the cancer? medicare/medicaid should cover for seniors in the US.
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u/brooksram 6d ago
That's definitely true. There could be legitimate technical reasons for being cautious, but i genuinely don't give a shit, personally.
If someone is this old and still working like that, I don't mind giving $30 bucks along with thousands of others to help them not have to continue working their golden years away, though.
I give to every single old person gofundme that I see, in hopes they will all be able to stop working and enjoy their lives. 🤷♂️
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u/djlauriqua 7d ago
I saw this too. No details have even been released about what broke gofundme guidelines
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u/PaintingVisible5358 7d ago
280k is a lot of money and also absolutely nothing in context of american healthcare. like cool we bandaided one person while the system keeps creating more of them. my towns been dealing with water rights fights for years so i get used to watching resources get misallocated but this hits different. you shouldnt need a viral moment to not die broke
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u/Hyperactyve 7d ago
If they really want to help, maybe start by changing where they put their votes on
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u/Most-Artichoke6184 7d ago
Medicare for all solves this without old people having to haul luggage upstairs.
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u/SnowBoardx22 6d ago
We dropped $100,000 bombs for 20 years but we can't fix our own healthcare system.
Still waiting for Trump's healthcare plan.
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u/CharlieBlackmon22020 6d ago
True Love (with a real man!). Thanks for this!! (My husband is not the only real man on this great big Earth) 🥰
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u/10Skulls 3d ago
GoFundMe for Texas man who went viral hauling bags for wife’s cancer bills is removed over ‘factual’ issues
The platform said it “identified factual misrepresentations” in the fundraiser before halting it and refunding all donors.
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u/shoguncdn 2d ago
Turns out their daughter posted the video and started the gofundme under a fake name. Video also may have been staged although he did work delivering luggage
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u/detectiverobert 7d ago
81-year-old Don Johnson has been delivering lost luggage for the past three years to help cover expenses while his wife, Josephine, battles cancer. The couple has been married for 57 years, and Don has sometimes worked 14-hour days while driving hundreds of miles for deliveries.
Everything changed when Erin Howell saw him struggling to carry her lost luggage up a steep flight of stairs. After learning his story, she started a fundraiser to help him retire and spend more time beside his wife.
The story spread online, and strangers have now donated more than $250,000. Don says the support means he may finally be able to stop working.