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If the goal is to pay off some random person's medical debt, things become extremely affordable:

https://ripmedicaldebt.org

I think that, by law, whenever debt is sold, the person that owes the debt should have the right to buy their own debt at the sale price. The current system is full of moral hazards, and this would help level the playing field.

(Sorry to hear about the bankruptcy. That really shouldn't be possible, anywhere.)




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