The ‘tragedy’ of American healthcare: Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton’s family is crowdsourcing for her hospital bills. She’s not alone.

But what’s not unusual is her family turning to sites like Spotfund and GoFundMe to help pay for health costs. In fact, one-third of GoFundMe campaigns raise money for medical bills, published in the last year.  Most people who turn to crowdsourcing to meet healthcare costs don’t have an Olympic gymnast’s level of name recognition. Only 12% of campaigns met their goals, and 16% received no donations at all, the study showed. “Returns... + full article