Matt Damon joins effort launched by Kristen Bell, Tommy Marcus to help pay people’s medical bills

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1. Cool that’ll fix it

   (ETA: I just said that cause it feels like a drop in the bucket but I do think it’s very kind and generous and will change some people’s lives and that’s so much better than doing nothing.✌️)

2. If most celebrities did this, we’d all but Wipeout medical debt..

3. Bro that’s cool but that’s not fixing the actual problem.

   They should all gather and take on the industry.

4. This is good but life and death shouldn’t depend on the whims and generosity of a few rich people.

5. If only billionaires would pay taxes….

6. The fact that this is necessary is the real problem.

7. Awesome, next push politicians to take another stab at healthcare reform. Obamacare was supposed to be the start of a longer term set of reforms, and they stopped (for obvious reasons).

8. I’ll take a hit. Being a type 1 diabetic in the states has been life alteringly expensive.

9. This is great, and gets others involved too, but that can do a lot more by purchasing and forgiving medical debt, or donating to charities that do just that (like [Undue](https://unduemedicaldebt.org/mission-and-history/)), medical debt can be purchased for much less than the actual debt, and doing so can pay off much more, at times more than 10x

10. Hospital: “you can always apply for a celebrity handout”

11. Great PR for these celebrities but yeah, not fixing the actual issue.

12. If only there was a mandatory system where we all paid a proportional amount based on income to an centralized clearinghouse that would administer healthcare for everyone regardless of the ability to pay. Seems more efficient than waiting for charitable donations.

13. Without accolades?

    We need a system that works, letting people be financially independent.

14. Joining together to lobby (aka bribe) the gov officials is cheaper. Maybe they can get on that in favour of a public option?

15. Not the worst public move after hawking crypto during that one Super Bowl.

16. It’s admirable but it’s not going to stop the bleeding. Systemic change is what is needed.

17. Where do I apply 😅😅😅?

18. Could you guys fix the problem and not put a bandaid on it?

19. STOP paying all medical bills immediately everyone. Don’t pay a single one.

20. Maybe I am an idiot but all these multi millionaires with good intentions, can’t they start building a private medical system which actually works and doesn’t rip off poor people?

21. Higher taxes are the answer to universal healthcare, not altruism.

22. He’s welcome to start with me.

23. The bill i was sent for my dying husband emergency brain surgery was over 300k. I laughed so hard when that was opened, and then I cried

24. There are ways to buy up medical debt for pennies on the dollar and some charities are doing exactly this

25. Is Ben Affleck joking too now?

26. Why is it that these selfless actors are helping pay for people’s medical bills but the insurance companies can’t even pay the most basic surgeries

27. This is awesome and I’m happy for those they are helping, however, their money would be better used lobbying for universal healthcare.

28. When our society is dependent on a small handful of benevolent millionaires to keep the majority afloat… You might be a redneck.

29. That’s cool but it should not be this way.

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