Mary Lou Retton is in ICU fighting for her life!
 

You realize how old you are when she is 55!! Let’s hope she pulls through!

Mary Lou Retton 'fighting for her life' with rare form of pneumonia, daughter says

Hope she makes it

Sending prayers.

There's something wrong with this whole story.

Mary Lou Retton is supposedly worth $8M-$10M. She lives in a 9000 sq ft home she apparently owns, in Texas. As recently as last week, her commercials for Colonial Penn Life Insurance were running on the air.

The Fundraising site her daughter has set up on Spotfund, had an original goal of $50,000. You can barely get a hangnail treated at a hospital for $50K. Where did they come up with that number? The site has now raised over $250,000.

Report on good Morning “Mary Lou doesn’t have health insurance” family hoping to raise money for bills. She may be worth money, but if she is real estate debt free, and cash poor, with no health insurance, because who needs it in their 50s, or doesn’t believe risk is a possibility, or premiums so expensive, has a $50,000 deductible

Makes one kind of wonder why would someone would forgo health insurance as an athlete, or a previous athlete, who is aware of injuries and the impact injuries can inflict. unless they still feel immortal.

kind of makes the case for health insurance, even when you think you don't need it. insurance is one of those services that you don't need until you need it. . the result of everything works until it doesn't. . . iykyk

I hope she pulls through and recovers. Losing young people, under 70, really sux. I wonder what kind of germ it is. . . one i would want to stay away from, whatever it is.

If she owns an expensive house debt free, asking people for money is outrageous. The hospital can just put a lien on the house to cover the bills.

I agree. Something is suspicious about this. The medical bills can be paid after she is released from the hospital. Why does the daughter need funds immediately?

I thought everybody has to have health insurance under the ACA?

Not true anymore.

In theory, they do.

There's way more to this story and it's not going to have anything to do with health insurance.

What hospital in the USA, isn't going to give a former Olympic hero, the best healthcare that's available?

The crowd funding site has raised $306,000 as of 8 pm tonight.

Why am I wasting my time downloading healthcare documentation for tax purposes then ?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebri...er/ar-AA1i479J

This looks legit. It is kind of hard to dupe people especially if they are paying close attention to the facts.

I don't know, but there is no Federal penalty for not having health insurance.

I believe she is ill and in the hospital. It is suspicious that her daughter is collecting money for her when the hospital bills can be paid when Mary Lou is released. There is no immediate need for money at this point. Does Mary Lou really need the money? I am skeptical that a woman living in a 9000 sq ft home does not have funds.

Not true, wish it were so, though we are the only western democracy that does not have any sort of universal healthcare insurance for it’s citizens with the exception for those 65 and over.

Apparently, only in 5 states.

Does Your State Require You to Have Health Insurance? – Forbes Advisor

Well if she has no cash only her home, she should be able to get Medicaid. I will not send funds to someone that lives in a 9000 sq Ft home……are you kidding me

What about if she Rents the house for 10k per month? Or maybe she gives all her money to charity so she has none left for her medical bills.

Why is there a spot fund account? Why is it that she has no insurance per her daughter. Hope she pulls through.

OP posted fighting for her life, news reports the same, and No health insurance. One can choose to donate to more than a million requests for money, no one is forced to donate money, fund requests it’s not directed to anyone.

Waste of time. ACA insurance requirement was gutted.

It's up to $350,000. Average donation is over $500 per person.

Only another $14.7M before she gets to George Floyd territory.

Sorry, I carried health insurance when I was her age. Her responsibility is to take care of her affairs. I would never donate money to a fund page.

True. But if you can not afford it, you have to pay a 700.00 penalty. All of the requirements were done away with a few years back.

Why She Had to Crowdfund Her Medical Care
 

Sounds like a bunch of hogwash and greed to me. Her daughter is not responsible for her medical bills. Get the treatment you need and then raise the money to pay the bills. No need to raise money before the medical bills are due. If she didn't buy health insurance, that is her mistake.

She should have claims sports injury got good lawyer (good oxymoron) claimed disability? Let federal government pay. :shocked:

An obvious AI generated report, that includes little or no information, other than she was in the Olympics when she was 16 and supported Ronald Reagan.

Pray for her.
 

[QUOTE=Rainger99;2264467]You realize how old you are when she is 55!! Let’s hope she pulls through!



I think this thread went off the rails very quickly. Mary Lou Retton, a champ and a sweetheart, is very sick. Let’s pray for her and root for her again!

Praying for her.

[QUOTE=Fenster;2264985]Off the rails? Not exactly. The original post was about a fundraiser posted by her daughter, which was designed to raise money.

Smdh…..has everyone lost their minds

Well when one lives in a multi million dollar home and has a net worth from $2 to $10 million it is shameful to check.