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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jan 9, 2024 11:01:37 GMT -5
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Post by minx on Jan 9, 2024 11:23:21 GMT -5
Hahahahahahaha!
Yeah, I'm sure she won't answer questions. I'm wondering when the podcast will come out talking about her gofundme scam?
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jan 9, 2024 12:02:24 GMT -5
Remember when I said my biggest weakness was giving people the benefit of the doubt? I guess I have to give it to her but yeah, shady as fuck much?
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Post by minx on Jan 9, 2024 14:35:24 GMT -5
I tried to give her that benefit, but the 'miracle cure' when she was on her deathbed less than 48 hours before wiped out any doubt I was willing to give her.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jan 9, 2024 15:38:17 GMT -5
I had not heard that part yet.
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Post by minx on Jan 9, 2024 16:10:48 GMT -5
Yeah, her daughter was posting that she was in a coma and her condition had worsened to the point where the doctors thought she had less than 24 hours. Next day she was awake and talking and 24 hrs later she was at home to finish her recovery.
Now someone with zillions of bux may be able to afford the care that would have been needed post discharge with a rare form of pneumonia after waking from a coma, but not someone who had to beg for money to cover medical costs. So I smell a rat.
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Post by minx on Jan 9, 2024 16:12:47 GMT -5
Speaking of rat scum, if you want an interesting podcast, check out Scamanda. Woman who pretends to have cancer and scams all sorts of folks into supporting her. Very sad, but she has children, and I felt sorriest for them.
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Post by minx on Jan 10, 2024 11:22:46 GMT -5
Oh wait! Breaking news. Retton herself has given an interview. She was actually in the hospital for a few weeks after leaving the ICU, so I guess daughter exaggerated a bit there.
Why didn't she have health insurance? Well, she couldn't afford it - with her divorce and all of her pre-existing conditions it was unaffordable. 'But who would know this would happen to me?'
Well, I do see her logic - no one expects to have a rare form of pneumonia that puts you in the ICU for a week, but when you've had 30 orthopedic surgeries you'd think that health insurance would be a top priority.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jan 10, 2024 12:18:14 GMT -5
The interview was what prompted me to start the thread albeit the link I posted may or may not have gone through the details of said interview. She agreed to do the Today Show after turning everyone else down.
In the other source I read they stated that she was asked if the money raised would be going to pay for her to get insurance, ,to which she didn't reply. Also it was stated that the source had contacted an insurance specialist that stated for someone her age, that lives where she lives, and with a similar medical history, that her monthly premiums would be between 550-650 a month (that's probably not the exact figure but very close). They did not say what kind of plan that would be but even if it were what we know as a catastrophic care policy, you'd think it would have covered her for the most part. Maybe worst case scenario max out of pocket at 20-25k?
How much you want to bet her liquid assets are significantly more than a half mil?
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Post by minx on Jan 10, 2024 13:55:18 GMT -5
Yes - I don't see her being poor.
At the same time, I can see her deciding that she didn't want to pay the premium - I'm going to assume it was in the $2k range here - because she thought it was too much. And she wouldn't be the first, and won't be the last to do so. It's a major limitation of the ACA because the Republicans managed to get SCOTUS to strike down the individual mandate. The idea was that everyone would have insurance so that a) people wouldn't end up in her situation and b) you couldn't just hop in the pool only when you were sick and needed coverage.
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