Help Marcy after her stroke

Satirical image of a fundraising thermometer with a photo of Marcy, who is not a real person

$4,300 raised of $20,000

Marcy isn’t one person.

She’s a lot of people.

If you’ve been to a spaghetti feed, a pancake breakfast, or a meat raffle in the last year, you’ve probably helped a real Marcy. Somebody’s mom. Somebody’s neighbor. Somebody’s friend. A hospital bill nobody could pay, and a community that stepped up because that’s what we do.

This page doesn’t take donations. Marcy is a stand-in for the thousands of families in western Wisconsin who are about to have a harder time paying for care, because the law Rep. Van Orden voted for in July 2025 is the largest Medicaid cut in American history. He’d promised our benefits wouldn’t be cut by a nickel.

If you’re the one facing the bill

Ask the hospital for its financial assistance policy. Nonprofit hospitals are required to have one, and many bills can be reduced or forgiven.
Dollar For (dollarfor.org) helps people apply for hospital charity care at no cost.
Dial 211 for help with prescriptions, transportation, and local assistance funds.

If you want fewer fundraisers like this one

Rebecca Cooke knows what a medical bill does to a family. She grew up on a dairy farm, still waits tables, and she’ll protect our care in Congress. Vote November 3rd.

Paid for by One For All Committee, www.oneforallcommittee.org. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.