Eric Zorn: Medical GoFundMe campaigns are a symptom of a sick health insurance system
"It's sad that it has come to this - basically people are raising (money for) their own health care because the health care system is so broken here." - Neal Zundell
Sad is certainly one word for it.
Dismaying is another. Infuriating. Outrageous.
As the Chicago Tribune's Savannah Eadens wrote in a recent front-page story, the Zundells of Chicago have raised more than $120,000 through the crowdsourcing website GoFundMe
