For most of you, $2.99 isn't much. You can sacrifice a Starbucks Coffee or cheap sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Could probably even scrape it together from your change collector (if not more than that). Every sale helps Oliver get a much needed procedure done.
See, American Healthcare simply put, sucks. If you are uninsured or under insured, no matter the reason, the quality of health care you receive is poor. If you have bad insurance, you make monthly payments for ever. If you have no insurance, you either have to have the money up front to pay for it, or agree to monthly payments.
Now, I know how much healthcare sucks, but for Oliver, it's worse, mainly because he has no insurance and because he's an African American male. For some reason, healthcare is not helping him out at all. See, he went to the dentist this week and an xray showed he had a tumor in his face. The location of the tumor is such, it could grow into his brain and kill him. Problem is, he can't afford the procedures needed to help find out what is wrong and how to fix it.
He's not looking for a handout, he's looking for folks to buy his book to help him out.
Read his blog and the video about it here: http://betweenhimandher.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/memento-mori-im-terrified-because-i-might-have-a-tumor-in-my-head/
Give up your latte, your expensive coffee, whatever and buy the ebook to help him out. Who knows, you could help save his life.
