Re:A Reddit tattoo in thanks for bone-marrow-transplant flas...
by DanBC on Saturday December 10, 2011 @02:33AM
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As others have pointed out, the money was used for relocation and support while not working:
> Lucas and his family have to relocate to be close to his doctors at Duke University for six months. His parents decided they would both quit their jobs to care for the boy and his baby brother. After meeting with financial planners, the family decided they would need to raise $50,000 to support themselves
Even in the UK, with an extensive and complex set of welfare benefits, people would not be supported fully by the state if they just left their jobs to care for an ill child. (I have no idea what benefits would be available, the system is pretty much incomprehensible.) So Redditors did something really good, that have made this child's recovery a lot nicer.
But, for people who want to talk about politics: How can the US government spend so much on healthcare and have such a lousy system?
> Lucas and his family have to relocate to be close to his doctors at Duke University for six months. His parents decided they would both quit their jobs to care for the boy and his baby brother. After meeting with financial planners, the family decided they would need to raise $50,000 to support themselves
Even in the UK, with an extensive and complex set of welfare benefits, people would not be supported fully by the state if they just left their jobs to care for an ill child. (I have no idea what benefits would be available, the system is pretty much incomprehensible.) So Redditors did something really good, that have made this child's recovery a lot nicer.
But, for people who want to talk about politics: How can the US government spend so much on healthcare and have such a lousy system?
(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-brutal-...)
(https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phNtm3LmDZEOMqU-wJjq...)