Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you

[Gracie]

Wait. Is Mama an illegal? If so, she will get help immediately. *sarcasm*

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

This is an example of what Europeans think of our healthcare.

Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you | Jamie Peck

Some think the story of an 11-year-old desperately raising money on weekends is ‘heart-warming’. It’s really an indictment of all that is wrong with the US


When 11-year-old Nemiah Martinez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, found out her mom needed money to help her get a kidney and pancreas transplant, she didn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself. She got off her 11-year-old behind, pulled herself up by her Dora the Explorer shoelaces, and opened a lemonade stand.

To date, she’s raised over $1,000 for her mom’s care by selling drinks out of her family’s garage every weekend for $1.50 a pop. Now, with any luck, this resourceful little girl might still have a mother by the time she graduates from high school. “I’m the lucky one,” Nemiah’s mom, Paloma, told ABC News.

ABC News portrayed Nemiah’s plight as a feelgood human interest story. One radio show called the story “heartwarming”. We should call it what it really is: a damning indictment of everything that’s wrong with America.
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Amazing how all the stories about this are so busy pointing fingers of blame at "American healthcare" for not - presumably - simply giving away transplants for free, not a damned one of them bothers to mention why it is that this lady didn't make provisions for her own healthcare.

Curious.

Anywhere else in the world she'd get care.

Anywhere else in the West, at least.

 

[there4eyeM]

Based on the amount of money we give away to the world your assertion is laughable. No nation on EARTH, in all of mans history has ever been more generous than the USA.

Yet your link gives no national comparisons. Strange.
Oh look, it was the usual mindless USA, USA, USA chant....

In 2013, the UK joined a select group of countries that had reached the target of donating 0.7% of their national income on foreign aid. Of the 29 members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), only Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Luxembourg spent more than 0.7% of their national income in foreign aid in 2013.
https://www.theguardian.com​

(from the Internet)
"The US gave 373.25 BILLION dollars away in 2015. How much did the entire rest of the world give in 2015?

U.S. spent $35 billion on foreign economic aid last year. The $5.9 billion for military funding represents 17% of the roughly $35 billion the U.S. spent on foreign aid in 2014, according to the report.Nov 11, 2015"

 

[Cecilie1200]

This is an example of what Europeans think of our healthcare.

Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you | Jamie Peck

Some think the story of an 11-year-old desperately raising money on weekends is ‘heart-warming’. It’s really an indictment of all that is wrong with the US


When 11-year-old Nemiah Martinez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, found out her mom needed money to help her get a kidney and pancreas transplant, she didn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself. She got off her 11-year-old behind, pulled herself up by her Dora the Explorer shoelaces, and opened a lemonade stand.

To date, she’s raised over $1,000 for her mom’s care by selling drinks out of her family’s garage every weekend for $1.50 a pop. Now, with any luck, this resourceful little girl might still have a mother by the time she graduates from high school. “I’m the lucky one,” Nemiah’s mom, Paloma, told ABC News.

ABC News portrayed Nemiah’s plight as a feelgood human interest story. One radio show called the story “heartwarming”. We should call it what it really is: a damning indictment of everything that’s wrong with America.
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Amazing how all the stories about this are so busy pointing fingers of blame at "American healthcare" for not - presumably - simply giving away transplants for free, not a damned one of them bothers to mention why it is that this lady didn't make provisions for her own healthcare.

Curious.

Anywhere else in the world she'd get care.

Anywhere else in the West, at least.

Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that lie. Hey, here's a thought. Why don't you tell yourself that lie while you pack your shit and go to one of these "utopias" you want us to emulate? Then we'll all be happy.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Based on the amount of money we give away to the world your assertion is laughable. No nation on EARTH, in all of mans history has ever been more generous than the USA.

Yet your link gives no national comparisons. Strange.
Oh look, it was the usual mindless USA, USA, USA chant....

In 2013, the UK joined a select group of countries that had reached the target of donating 0.7% of their national income on foreign aid. Of the 29 members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), only Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Luxembourg spent more than 0.7% of their national income in foreign aid in 2013.
https://www.theguardian.com​

(from the Internet)
"The US gave 373.25 BILLION dollars away in 2015. How much did the entire rest of the world give in 2015?

U.S. spent $35 billion on foreign economic aid last year. The $5.9 billion for military funding represents 17% of the roughly $35 billion the U.S. spent on foreign aid in 2014, according to the report.Nov 11, 2015"

Are you counting just tax money the government spent, or are you also counting the millions that Americans donated privately as well?

 

[westwall]

Based on the amount of money we give away to the world your assertion is laughable. No nation on EARTH, in all of mans history has ever been more generous than the USA.

Yet your link gives no national comparisons. Strange.
Oh look, it was the usual mindless USA, USA, USA chant....

In 2013, the UK joined a select group of countries that had reached the target of donating 0.7% of their national income on foreign aid. Of the 29 members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), only Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Luxembourg spent more than 0.7% of their national income in foreign aid in 2013.
https://www.theguardian.com​

(from the Internet)
"The US gave 373.25 BILLION dollars away in 2015. How much did the entire rest of the world give in 2015?

U.S. spent $35 billion on foreign economic aid last year. The $5.9 billion for military funding represents 17% of the roughly $35 billion the U.S. spent on foreign aid in 2014, according to the report.Nov 11, 2015"

I asked what OTHER countries spent.

 

[Political Junky]

Now that the story is out, I wonder how long before some schmuck turns her in for having a business without a license and the health department shuts her down.

Pitiful attempt to deflect.

 

[Cecilie1200]

For the record, I went through a lot of trouble to research this. Took quite a while to dig past all the "journalists" who leapt onto this story for a chance to excoriate the US healthcare system, without actually putting any of what we old-timers refer to as "information" in. It's stunning and disheartening to see how much of reporting has become cutting and pasting screenshots of Twitter.

That being said, I FINALLY found someone who offered a couple of nuggets of ACTUAL info as to why this kid feels like she needs to raise money for her sick mother.

This 11-Year-Old Daughter Is Selling Lemonade In Hopes Of Making Enough Money To Help With Her Mother's Transplants

"Nemiah’s mother, Paloma, needs a kidney and pancreas transplant. Before she can get the transplant, she first has to get to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and get on a transplant list, KOB4 reports. Nemiah is selling the lemonade to cover the cost of her mother’s trip to the out-of-state Mayo Clinic."

Kinda puts a different slant on the whole story, doesn't it?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

This is an example of what Europeans think of our healthcare.

Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you | Jamie Peck

Some think the story of an 11-year-old desperately raising money on weekends is ‘heart-warming’. It’s really an indictment of all that is wrong with the US


When 11-year-old Nemiah Martinez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, found out her mom needed money to help her get a kidney and pancreas transplant, she didn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself. She got off her 11-year-old behind, pulled herself up by her Dora the Explorer shoelaces, and opened a lemonade stand.

To date, she’s raised over $1,000 for her mom’s care by selling drinks out of her family’s garage every weekend for $1.50 a pop. Now, with any luck, this resourceful little girl might still have a mother by the time she graduates from high school. “I’m the lucky one,” Nemiah’s mom, Paloma, told ABC News.

ABC News portrayed Nemiah’s plight as a feelgood human interest story. One radio show called the story “heartwarming”. We should call it what it really is: a damning indictment of everything that’s wrong with America.
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So ObamaCare was a total failure and waste of our tax money?

 

[Cecilie1200]

This is an example of what Europeans think of our healthcare.

Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you | Jamie Peck

Some think the story of an 11-year-old desperately raising money on weekends is ‘heart-warming’. It’s really an indictment of all that is wrong with the US


When 11-year-old Nemiah Martinez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, found out her mom needed money to help her get a kidney and pancreas transplant, she didn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself. She got off her 11-year-old behind, pulled herself up by her Dora the Explorer shoelaces, and opened a lemonade stand.

To date, she’s raised over $1,000 for her mom’s care by selling drinks out of her family’s garage every weekend for $1.50 a pop. Now, with any luck, this resourceful little girl might still have a mother by the time she graduates from high school. “I’m the lucky one,” Nemiah’s mom, Paloma, told ABC News.

ABC News portrayed Nemiah’s plight as a feelgood human interest story. One radio show called the story “heartwarming”. We should call it what it really is: a damning indictment of everything that’s wrong with America.
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So ObamaCare was a total failure and waste of our tax money?

This story being presented as an indictment of American healthcare is a fraud, I know that much. The kid isn't selling lemonade to pay for her mother's operation; she's trying to raise money for her mother's travel expenses, which are completely separate from healthcare costs.

 

[Wyatt earp]

This is an example of what Europeans think of our healthcare.

Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you | Jamie Peck

Some think the story of an 11-year-old desperately raising money on weekends is ‘heart-warming’. It’s really an indictment of all that is wrong with the US


When 11-year-old Nemiah Martinez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, found out her mom needed money to help her get a kidney and pancreas transplant, she didn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself. She got off her 11-year-old behind, pulled herself up by her Dora the Explorer shoelaces, and opened a lemonade stand.

To date, she’s raised over $1,000 for her mom’s care by selling drinks out of her family’s garage every weekend for $1.50 a pop. Now, with any luck, this resourceful little girl might still have a mother by the time she graduates from high school. “I’m the lucky one,” Nemiah’s mom, Paloma, told ABC News.

ABC News portrayed Nemiah’s plight as a feelgood human interest story. One radio show called the story “heartwarming”. We should call it what it really is: a damning indictment of everything that’s wrong with America.
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Good thing she don't live in libtardville they would shut her down.