two anti-Obamacare repubs turn to Gofundme when faced with their own healthcare crisis [View all]
Obamacare Opponents Learn the Hard Way When They Faced Their Own Medical Issues
Two Republicans who refused to buy health insurance launched GoFundMe initiatives after they had health problems.
Now Obamacare is in place. The hypothetical has become real. In the last few weeks we’ve learned of at least two Republicans who refused to buy health insurance and then launched GoFundMe initiatives when they encountered medical difficulties.
In November 2014, self-employed Richard Mack’s wife was hospitalized and then in early January he suffered a heart attack. His son launched a GoFundMe campaign. “It is difficult and humbling to say that we need your help but we do.” He’s raised $45,000 so far toward a $60,000 goal from a little over 1,000 donors.
Mack’s opposition to Obamacare is political. A former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona he is the founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, a group he describes as “the army to set our nation free.” He serves on the board of Oath Keepers, a right-wing group made up of police and military veterans. He’s been an outspoken opponent not only of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but of all federal authority. “The states do not have to take or support or pay for Obamacare or anything else from Washington, DC,” says Mack. “The states are not subject to federal direction.”
More widely reported is the case of Luis Lang, a 49-year-old self-employed resident of Fort Mill, South Carolina who always prided himself on paying his own medical expenses. He suffered a series of mini strokes earlier this year and ended up with bleeding in the eyes, a partially detached retina and a need for very expensive medical care to save his eyesight. He’s been out of work since December. His GoFundMe campaign has raised $26,000 toward a $30,000 goal from over 1,300 donors.
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