In the Texas county I live in (Montgomery), I see fliers all the time in local boozers and restaurants. They go something like this:

“John Doe has stage 3 pancreatic cancer. Because Mr. Doe doesn’t have heath insurance, he has no way to pay the mounting bills and costs that come with not having insurance. We’re having a barbecue and silent auction on Sunday whatever month/day to raise money for John!”

I see these ALL. THE. TIME. I admire these people for trying to help, but the money they raise won’t cover the needle to stick into John’s arm to give him his first round of chemo. If only John had worked harder…