Entitlement - It's Not Just for Strippers Anymore
Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is in ICU. Her daughter posted Instagram post asking for donations, specifically stating (a) she won't disclose details of her condition, and (b) she is not insured.Sure, honey.....happy to help. Your Mom was irresponsible (and even breaking the law) by not having health insurance.....fellow citizens will just send money to help.
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That's not to say that it might not have been irresponsible. People who are irresponsible still deserve sympathy though that doesn't necessarily mean they deserve financial support.
Cute as a button. A breath of fresh air. Good on TV. A marketer’s dream. Multiple endorsement deals. Heck, she was on the Wheatie’s Box when that was a huge thing
Flash forward to 2023. She’s in the hospital with a serious medical issue. Reportedly she has no health insurance. Google is vague on her net worth. Estimates range from $2 million to $8 million. And one site estimated she earns about $400,000 annually from motivational speaking and endorsements.
I have sympathy she is seriously ill at her age but it’s hard for me to even consider donating to her Go Fund Me. Yeah, I guess I’m a stone cold conservative - but where’s a little self responsibility when it comes to financial management?
Best wishes in getting well. I was a fan - but I’m not giving you my card number.
As far as the bullshit about our healthcare system. Not covering the fucking illegals would go a long way to improving it. Monitoring payouts would go a long way to improving it. Having Democrats stop lying about poor people having no healthcare, when they do, just not traditional health insurance, would go a long way to improving it.
The idea I would give up my health insurance to the same government people permitting terrorists to pour into this country over the open border and let them run healthcare is a forever non-starter. Government needs to defend the borders and when they do that right they get something else to do, such as, never mind it won't happen.
Why was the goal set so low?
At this point, there are a lot of medical insurance options for all. A lot of athletes have really bad financial management - Not My Problem. What I do know is medical insurance & costs went up, INSANELY WAY UP, after ACA was passed. I see people on MEDICAID with smart phones and tats - so much for being responsible. The reason I know they are on MEDICAID is I've stood inline at a pharmacy and they say the have MEDICAID.
"Lighten up Francis."
On a side note to the libs above, go ahead and have your great desire for your NHS. Go ahead and like whatever you like. No thanks to your NHS on this side. Even without officially gov run healthcare here, I see what government interference does. Now make it 100% controlled? People really believe a shit sandwich is filet mignon when a shit sandwich is all you know.
As long as you, and those like you, focus on the relative pennies the poor are receiving, the rich, and powerful extract litteral trillions over decades. They applaud your service to them. You're a good little soldier for their cause.
Bottom line is it gives me great comfort knowing a person with your beliefs strongly disagrees with me.
Now fire some more of those comically frustrated nasty profanities at me. I can take it. You hating me is flattering actually.
Over the years I’ve met Mary Lou several times.
I’m trying to grasp… didn’t she do several ads for health care related things, like get your flu shot at Rite Aid a decade ago, but today she doesn’t have health insurance? WTF?